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National Republican., 1884-04-16
Bids Opened.

Bids were opened yesterday for iron work
for the interior of tle Washington monument,
work on which will be resumed In few days.
II. A. Ramsey & Son, of Baltimore were the
lowest bidders, at 81 l0I5
National Republican., 1884-04-16

READERS of the Century magazine should not
miss hearing Mr.. Cables Interpretation of his own
creations,
National Republican., 1884-04-16

GS- Advertisements under he heads Of Wants, For
Rent, For Sale, BOARDING. Lost and Found, aud
Personal, Of three lines lees, eighteen long tDordS
10 cents Insertion each additional insertion 10
cents. Business cards not included IN these rates.
National Republican., 1884-04-16
@nsintss Ghnnrss.

A PARTNER IN AN OLD.ESTABLISHED
"A insnl nS' ana real estate Glics tagst @ be irSL INK
capital. 4 la4r chance 10 get Into fine paying bus
mess. Address BUSINESS, Republican Odice, II
National Republican., 1884-04-16
The Assoeiated Charltisn.

READERS of the Centtpy magazine should not
miss hearing Mr.. Cables Interpretation OF his own
creations,
National Republican., 1884-04-16
@anteo- Rooms.
S1lantrh- nlistrILnnruns.

FARMER OF LARGE EXPERIENCE
IA would like to form u CONNECTION with u party
owning farm In Maryland or Virginia, near Wash
references given and required. Address FARMER,
Republican Office. 6-l6
A n OLD FRANKLIN HAND-PRESS; WILL
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for Y lqrgc,sized modern proofpress THE Ma
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Buaroing.
FURNISHED ROOMS.

6STTNHE TREMOSE"-THiS HOUSE HAS
J. been rcpapercd and renapted, and in every
way put in first class order Its the most desirable
sAo per month. House and halls heated by steam.
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First class table board and large rooms at reason
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del7-U
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THE ARCTIC QUARREL.

READERS of the Century magazine should n
miss hearing Mr.. Cablesinterpretation of his ov
creations,
National Republican., 1884-04-16
@antcb-Gmplopmeut.

DY YOUNG LADY OF EXPERIENCE
ID Dressmaking either at home as visiting seam
s.ress. Apply at 1440 r. av. LII
pY A LADY-SEWING BY THE DAY OR
- week, or to take home would accept any place
OF trust Address @. c., Republican Office 1-16
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for Ttnt---Rooms.

1910 17ru sT. N. W, NEAR FARRAaur
lO1 - square Furnished parlor and beddoom'
prIvnto hnLh nnd closet. I-2A
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17
The Stick That Was Left.

Maurice Melrose Is one of the green
cry gallery" young men who fill a va
cancy in society, and the other even
ing he was out calling. He stayed
about an hour and went off, leaving
his cane in the hall. He missed it in
u few minutes and came back after it,
the young lady's sister meeting him at
the door.
law, my little girl, he said, "weally
l beg youah pahdon. don't you know,
but / think left a stick heah."
II don think you did, Mr.. Melrose.
/ heard sister say So"
cav, indeed, you fattah me, but
how should youah sister know She
did not see mo go out, don't you
knows'
VI don't know sir, but l heard her
say to Mr.. Benton when you left,
We'll, thank heaven, that sticks gone
at last That's all l know about it,
Mr.. Melrose.
He didn't prosecute his inquiries any
further.-Merchant Trareler.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17
Advice to Smokers.

In the first place-don't smoke. tits
dangerous, unhealthy and expensive
practice. 1t is very apt to control you
and you will smoke more than is good
for you. Still, if you smoke there is no
use saying DONE smoke" for you will.
You think you can stoS, but you can't.
Every smoker is sure he could quit to-
morrow if he wanted to. There is one
man in Detroit-a journalist on Ger
man newspaper-who frankly admits
that he can't stop smoking. He tried it
and couldn't. He is honest enough to
admit it. He is perhaps the only man
now living who acknowledges that he
cannot stop smoking,
The best and cheapest way of smok-
ing is the pipe, and The cheaper the pipe
Is the better. You can throw it away
with more cheerfulness and unconcern.
Throw pipe away as often as possible.
The foulness of it, besides being often
sive, is poisonous.
Cigars are the most expensive and
the most convenient way of smoking.
Use holder and cheap wooden one
that you can throw away. 1t is bad to
put cigar in your mouth. The maker
of it may have had some contagious
disease.
There is great outcry against ciga-
rettes. The cutlery is unfoundcd. 1t is
said the burning of the rice paper is
bad for you. Bosh. 1t is not half as
bad as the tobacco inside. The trouble
with cigarettes is that they may be
made Of picked up secondhand tobac-
co. That is not very pleasant to think
about In England nearly every man
makes the cigarettes he uses, rolling
them up very deity. There are ma
chimes for sale there for twenty-five
cents each that will roll up a cigarette
quickly, and as neatly as those you buy.
An American rarely takes the trouble
of making his own cigarettes. Too
much bother, and he hasn't time. A
person is apt to smoke too many cigar.
cites. 1t Is q curious fact that a mar
must see the smoke before he will enjoy
smoking. Blind people rarely smoke:
If man is going against strong wind
that blows the smoke away from him
before he sees it, he Is continually 'un-
easy and thinks his pipe has gone out.
Smoking in the dark seems 70 be more
acceptable, as then person sees the
glow of the cigar or pipe.
AS to pipes, they are 'classed by q
noted French physician as follows: l.
Softcarthcn pipe. 2; Meerschaum. B.
Hard earthen pipe, white or colored. A.
Wooden pipe. 3. Porcelain pipe. g.
Metallic pipe.
The white earthen pipe, porous anc
| ,,o>n,aoh la tO lliuuidS is nut first. be-
cause it is good absorber of nicotine
the metallic pipe is put last because i
allows all the noxious products formed
during the combustion of the tobacco
to reach the mouth of the smoker. Th,
meerschaum, which Immediately fol
lows the clay pipe, deserves its place
only on condition that it is not too old
IL it is seasoned it is as bad as wood
On or porcelain pipe. Finally, breth
rem, do not smoke.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17
Fifteen Years Apart.

The American Indian approximates
nearer to what man should be-manly,
physically perfect, grand in character
and true to the instincts of his con-
science-than any other race of beings,
civilized or uncivilized, Where do W.
hear such noble sentiments or meet
with such examples of heroism and self.
sacrifice as tho history of the American
Ind.n furnishesp Where shall we 60
to hear again such oratory as that OF
Black Hawk and Loganp Certainly
the records of our so-called civilization
do not furnish it, and the present cen
tury Is devoid of it.
They were the true children of the
Great Spirit. They lived nearer to the
great heart of the Creator than do their
pale-faced conquerors of to-day who
mourn over the lost and undone condi-
ton of the savage. Courageous, brave
and the soul of honor, their cruel and
awful destruction from the face of the
earth is a sin of such magnitude that
the relics and the people of America
may well shrink from the just punish
ment which is sure to follow the assas-
sination of as brave race as ever
breathed the air of Heaven.
wrote the above scathing rebuke OF
the American people when I was ID
years of age. ran across the disserta-
ton yesterday. AS a general rule it
takes youth Is years of age to arraign
Congress and jerk the administration
bald-headed. The less he knows about
things generally, the more cheerfully
will he shed information right and left.
At the time l wrote the above crude
attack upon the government l had not
seen any Indians, but had read much.
My blood boiled when thought of the
wrongs which our race had melted out
to the red men. 1t was at time when
my blood was just coming to boi'
that l penned the above paragraph.
Ten years later had changed my views
somewhat relative to the Indian, and
frankly wrote to the government OF the
change. When am doing the admin
istration an injustice, and / find 1t out,
90 to the President candidly and say!
Look here, Mr.. President, 1 have been
doing you wrong. You were right
and was erroneouss / am not pig.
headed and stubborn. / just admit
fairly that have been hindering the
administration, and do not propose to
do so any NOVA
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17
Royal Manners.
Hasp,

Apropos of children's department.,
story is recalled of the lately dead John
Brown, the Queen of England's faith
full henchman. When he first entered
the service of Prince Albert the little
princesses, hearing their father address
him as Brown" used the same form
in speaking to him. The Queen cor
rected them, and they all addressed him
as "Mr. Brown" excepting the Princess
Louise, who, imperious even in child.
hood, persisted in her right to use the
name as her father did. One morning
the Queen heard her and informed her
that if she again addressed Mr.. Brown,
without a handle to his name, she
would be sent to bed. The next morn
ing, when he presented himself in the
royal apartments, where the family as
sembled, the little miss said fippantly:
Good morning, Brown"
Then, as she saw the eyes of her
queen-mother fixed upon her, she rose,
and, with curtesy, continues:
"And good night, Brown, for l am
going to bed"
And she walked resolutely away to
her punishment.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17

So wrote TO General Grant and told
him that when was 10 years of age /
wrote a composition at school in which
l had arraigned the people and the adj
ministration for the course taken to-
ward the Indian. Since that time had
seen some Indians in the mountains
at distance-and from what / had
seen of them was led to believe that
had misjudged the people and the Exc
cutive. l told him that SO far as posi-
bic l would like to repair the great
wrong so done in the ardor of youth
and to once more sustain the arm of
the government.
He wrote me kindly and said he was
glad that / was friendly with the gov
eminent again, and that now he saw
nothing in the way of continued nation
al prosperity. He said he would pre-
serve my letter in the archives as a
treaty of peace Setween myself and the
nation. He said only the day before he
had observed to the Cabinet that he
didn't care two cents about war with
foreign nations, but he would like to be
on peace footing with me. The coun-
try could stand outside interference
better than intestine hostility. l donot
know whether he meant anything per-
sonal by that or not. Probably not.
He said he remembered very well
when he first heard that 1 had attacked
the Indian policy of the United States
in one of my school essays. He still
called to mind the feeling of alarm and
apprehension which at that time per-
vaded the whole country How the
cheeks of strong men had blanched and
the Goddess of Liberty felt for her back
hair and exchanged her Mother Hub
bard dress for new cast iron panoply
of war and Roman hay knife. Oh, yes,
he said, he remembered it as though it
had been yesterday.
Having heart the welfare OF the
American people as he did, he hoped
that would never attack the republic
again,
And / never have. have been
friendly, not only personally, but Off
cially, for good while. Even if 1
didn't agree with some of the official
acts of the President l would allow him
to believe that did rather than harass
him with cold, cruel and adverse criti-
cism. The abundant success of this
policy is written in the country's Won
derful growth and prosperous peace
Bill NVe.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17
She Was Satisfied.

"When woman leaves baby at the
Foundling's Home she doesn't want
any company" said an old officer, 'for
she creeps around after dark, pulls the
bell and runs. But when she wants to
get it again, as some of them do, she
comes for an officer. Now, all this
business is pretty tough, but 1 would
rather be around i'm the first case than
in the last. had to go over with a
young woman the other day. Shewant-
ed to find her baby. She was happy as
lark, because she was now able to
care for it, l wanted to warn her a
little, but didn't know just how to be
gin. Finally l said:
"'When did you leave the baby
therep' lF.
"a little more than year ago. said
she.
Then she started in to tell me all
about it, crying and laughing all the
time. When l could get in word 1
said:
"'Have you ever seen it sincep'
"'No, not once
"'Are you sure it is thereP'
"Oh, it must be there, of course. /
would know him anywhere
"Well, said no more. We went in
and the girl gave the day on which she
left the child. The clerk looked up the
record. / stood behind him as he did
so, for 1 was afraid. Pretty soon we
came to it. 1t read: Aug. %, 1888.
Boy, two months old. Left at door.
Named William Smith. Died Nov. IL,
1885, / pressed the clerks arm and
wrote on a piece of paper, Say moth
ing Then took the girl and we
went through the place looking at the
babies. Says I: You said you would
know him. Now, want you to pick
him out was getting mighty nerv-
Gus. We looked at fifteen or twenty,
and pretty soon she gave scream and
seized one poor little fellow and almost
ate him up. She got down ON her
knees and kissed him a thousand times,
the big tears rolling down on his face.
I thought she was going to smother
him. When we got her quieted 1 said:
Now, by the law of the state this baby
is in the keeping of this home. must
know something about you. fyou are
able to take care of him and are all
right otherwise you shall have him. l
began to be afraid that had got into
an almighty big scrape. But, sir, it all
came out right. / found that she was
married to fine young fellow, and
that they were doing well. She got
the baby and it's hers, amt itp OF
course it is. "-ChicdgO Herald.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17
Romance Of a French Diplomat.

A truly extraordinary story is told by
an old schoolfellow of Nj. Lemaire, late
French Consul General at Shanghai,
and recently appointed Minister Pleni-
potentiary at Hue. Twenty-Five years
ago he wigs at school at Tonnerre.
There, with Inconsistencies of his des-
tiny, ne was nicknamed Jaunot, on ac-
count of his singularly yellow complex
ion. He was quiet lad, not brilliant,
often bullied by his comrades, and
somewhat hardly treated by his profess
sors.
When fifteen he passed a vacation
with an uncle in Burgundy, and had
for companion cousin much younger
than himself. Their delight was to
play at soldiers. Lemaire shouldered a
rusty flint gun, and the cousin flourish
ed an old sabre. One day it was agreed
that they should get up some wine from
the cellar, not with any pilfering inten-
ton, but merely to play ut soldiers
plundering. As the cousin was mount
ing the cellar stairs Lemaire exclaimed,
Here is the enemy" and pulled the
trigger. The gun, which he did notknow
to be loaded, went off and blew out the
brains of the young cousin. Lemaire's
family, Mortified at the event, sent him
to sea as cabin boy.
Nothing was heard of him for years,
and he sent no letters home. AT last
it was found out that he had establish
ed himself at Saigon, had learned Chi
nese, and was employed as interpreter
at the French Consulate. Later news
came that he had married Cochin
Chinese lady, whether native or a
settler is not stated, and now the result
of that unfortunate shot with the flint
gun is that he is recognized as the most
accomplished diplomatist that France
can find to conduct her affairs among
the yellow people. Such is the history
of Jaunot.-London Daily Net0s.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17

named moses. lie too was one IA INC
chosen people. They were rivals in
trade. They cut rates, and tried hard
to freeze each other out.
Just at this crisis, in consequence of
the celebration of Easter solemnities,
the Russians were so carried away by
religious zeal, that whenever they saw
Jew with anything they wanted, they
knocked him down and took IL away
from him, and pounded him. Under
these circumstances, the Israelites of
this particular town, fearing that they
might be attacked, concluded t0Wmove
out. They did so, with Levy and Moses
at the head of the procession. They
had sold out their business and their
houses. The expedition had not gone
very far, however, when Levy sneaked
out of the procession and returned to
the town. He returned during the
night. He had indeed sold his house,
but he had secretly, through the medi-
um of a Christian real estate agent,
purchased the establishment of his RI
val, Moses, which suited him much bet
ter than his own.
Levy congratulated himself that now
Moses was out of the city, he would
have it all his own way, and
do a regular land-office business. He
expected some Christian would carry
on Moses business at the old stand,
but he was not in the least afraid of the
competition of any Christian. 1t was
the Jewish competition that made him
tired. Levy was in fine spirits at the
success of his scheme to get rid of his
rival, and he was astonished that as
shrewd Jew as Moses should be taken
in so badly.
Early next morning, Levy got up,
opened a window, and looked across
the street at his former place Of bust
ness, which seemed to him to be small
err and more insignificant that ever.
While thus gazing at his former resi-
dence, and chuckling to himself over
the success of his strategy in getting
rid of his hated rival, his complexion
suddenly became as pallid as piece of
aged tripe, and his eyeballs protruded
like those of crab, for window in
the house opposite was opened, and
the familiar face of Moses was visible.
He, too, was partially paralyzed at the
apparition in his former house, and
there the two men stood with open
mouths staring at each other.
1t seems that Moses was quite as sly
as Levy. He, too, had sold his house,
and through the medium of the same
Christian real estate agent, had pur-
chased that of his rival. After Moses
and Levy had gazed at each other for
several minutes, both relaxed their fea-
lures, smiled, and then roared.
"Good morning." said Levy.
"You are another" replied Moses.
1t finally occurred to them to con-
solidate their business, and, rs they
were the only Jews left in the place,
and Easter being over the religious
zeal of the Russians having abated,
they rapidly accumulated wealth under
the firm name Of Moses and Levy
leras Sptfngs.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17

At Lake George the water is so clear
and the sand at the bottom so clean
that the depth can be appreciated, and
the ease of drowning is apparent there.
A mother of 6-year-old boy, while
averse to denying to him the pleasure
of boating, sought to rob it of its per.
lis. She said to herself that he would
be safe if he couldn't fall overboard;
and so, having set him carefully in the
exact center of the broadcast seat in the
craft, she fastened him down by driv-
ing series of tacks through the slack
of his trousers. Having thus satisfied
herself of his security, she returned to
her favorite book and corner of the pi-
azza Soon there arose an cutlery that
a boat had capsized in the lake. The
scream with which she received the
news was quite articulate. 1t called
frantically for a tack hammer with
which to arm the man who should dive
for her boy. "Gracious mcv' she re-
marked, after the alarm was found to
have been baseless; II guess my inven-
tive genius isn't comprehensive enough
to be reliable"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17
---------------~
WIT AND HUMOR.

PATHS terms-Ten hours sleep,
twelve hours play, two hours work,
and $4,000 day.
Eyes" she said to her bosom friend,
II always obey my husband; but l fiat
ter myself that have something to
say about what his command shall be. J"
A Spaniard in the first pages of his
English grammar, desiring one evening
at table to be helped to some boiled
tongue, said, II will thank you, miss,
to pass me the language.
Man-"How many fish have you
caught, bubp" Boy-''O, / couldn't
count 'em." Man-"Why, you haven't
caught any, you little wretch" Boy
That's why can't count EN-"
''Did you come down on street-car
this morningP" asked Jones of old man
Hunter ''No, sir, | came down on a
darned innocent looking banana peel, "
was the reply as the old fellow limped
along.
An agricultural exchange has an ar
ticle headed, "How to Treat Cabbage
Worms" We suppose the polite thing
would be to offer them cabbage, unless
they expressed preference for some
thing else.
Mother-.'I am afraid Mr.. Criscross
is not serious in his intentions. /"
Daughter-"He is awful bashful, you
know, but he is offering himself piece
meal. Last night he wanted me to
take his arm. IN. y Graphic.
A Partisan doctor prescribed for o
lady who had objections against grow.
ing stout: "Take exercise, my dear
lady. Consider the trees of tho field
they never take exercise, and, as a con
sequence, they go on growing bigger
and bigger every year. ttr
A writer on health advises people tC
''live in the SUM-" Owing to the pres
ent inadequate facilities for Transports
ton and the high price of real estate
on that luminary, we should not advise
any of our readers to emigrate Their,
this season.-Burlington Free Press.
"Who killed Grand Operap' ask
the st. Louis Republican. As no post
norton has been heldwe cannot ans
wer the question to a scientific certain
ty, but we have suspicion that thu
charging of 50 for nickel's worth o
music had something to do with it.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17

The faces of Europeans, as q rule,
are broader than those of Americans.
The common distance In this country
between the centers of the eyes is three
and three eighths inches, but among
foreigners it is three inches and half.
Sometimes this Is increased from one
to three eighths of an inch more. II
spectacles are worn with the frames too
narrow, the focus of one eye conflicts
with that of the other, and an effect is
produced very similar to that of being
cross-eYed.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17

An old fellow who lives akong the
Ozark mountains came to Little Rock
to visit his son. "Well, father" said
the son when the old gentleman had
been in town several days, chow do you
like the cityp" Pretty well, but /
amt got used to the whisky. That
liquor up there in the jug seems to have
q quar- taste about it. Great Caesar!
you haven't been drinking out of that
Jug" "Yas, but as l say, the liquor
tastes quar- MY stars, father, you
have been drinking turpentine!' THAT
SOP Wal, as said, it tastes quar-. i
didn't know but hat it was the way
with all town Ticker. "--Arkansase
ITuyeler.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17

Robert Bonner says Henry Bergh
does not know what he is talking about
when he protests against horse clipping.
..Mr. Bergh," he remarks, ''must be
ignorant of the treatment OF horses af-
ter sharp drive on the hard road or on
the track. IL he were not, he would
know that after such drive in the Au-
tumn horse perspires freely. If he has
q long, heavy coat, four grooms could
not get him dry by working half the
night. He is left to stand with wet
coat and TO catch cold. Coach horses
should not be clipped"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17
Moses and Levy.

In a small Russian city on the prin-
cipal street, stood two houses opposite
to each other. The lower story of each
house was store. Both stores traded
in old clothes, debilitated furniture and
similar bric-a-brac. The proprietor OF
one of these emporiums was named
Levy. When man trades in old clothes
and his name is Levy, he is a descend
art of Abraham. The gentlemanly
boss of the shop over the way was
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17
IMPORTANT.

When you visit or leave New York City save Bag
gage, Expressage and Carriage Hire and stop at the
Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot.
Elegant rooms fitted up at cost Of one million
dollars, reduced TO 81 and upwards per day. Euro
pean plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with
the best. Horse cars, stages aud elevated railroad
TO all dcpots. Families can live better for less
money at the Grant Union Hotel than at any ether
frst-class hotel In the city.