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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-11-07

TT S, NAVY PAY OFFICE,
". WASH ISGTOS, d. O., Oct. %, 1885.
Sealed proposals, Endorsed PROPOSALS Z. & II.
SUPPLIES will lie received at this office until Noon
Nov 81 1885, for supplies to be delivered at the
EQUIPMENT And RECRUITISG DEPARTMENT of tho
Navy Yard Washington, ID. o., namely: acquisitions
No. 100, Steel, &C.; 12l, Coke, Wood, and Char
coal; 1922, Pine Lumber and Hickory Polesi 123,
Cotton Irvine; 1874, Becswax, LiLseed Oil, Tallow,
&C.; 1876 Brushes; 1877 Sand; 1873 Leather Betting,
Gum Packing &C.; 100, Stationery; 1870 and
l31, Hardware, &C.; aud 132, Hair Felting.
PROPOSALS MUST DE MADE ~ DUPLICATE, aud on
official forms furnished with schedules giving
details) by this Office For expert and other
information apply to Navy Yard BIDS RECEIVED
ONLY "FROM MANUFACTURERS OF or REGULAR
DEALERS ~ THE ARTICLES THEY OFFER TO SUPPLY
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, and
to waive defects. Responsible persons must guar
antee the prompt and faithful execution OF con-
tract; end the competency Of the guCiantors must
lie certified to before United States officer:
TH0S. II. LOCKER,
Pay Director U. 5. N, Navy Pay Agent,
nrOn.Ih.lM
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-11-07
CONTAGIOUS {!

lam native of England, and while was In that
country contracted terrible blood poison, and for
two years was under treatment as an outdoor pa
tient at Nottingham Hospital, Engla2d, but was nat
cured. | suffered the most ngOnlzing pains IN my
b0nes and was covered with sores all over my body
and limbs. Finally completely lost all hope In
that country and sailed for America, and IVES treated
at Roosevelt IN this city, well rs by prominent
physician IN New York having 10 connection with
The hospitals.
saw The advertisement of swift's Specific, and
determined tG give Il trial, TOOK six bottles ana
l can seq with great Joy that they have cured me
entirely, am MS sound and well as i ever was IN
my life. l., FRED HALFohD'
NEw YORK CITY, June IL, 1880.
In March OF last year l1SS1) contracted blood
poison and being In Savannah, Ca, at the time, i
went into the hospital there for treatment. sur
ferCd very much from rheumatism at the same time.
/ did not get well under the treatment there, nor
YVES cured by any Of the usual means. have now
taken seven bottles Of SYifps specific and am sound
and well. II drove the poison out through boilA ON
The skin DAN LEAHH.
JERSEY CITY, N j., Aug 7, 1885.
Treatise on Blood aud Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
N. y, l67 W. 93d st, Drawer o, Atlanta, Ga.
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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-11-07
MASSES FOR DEAD MbyICANS
STRANGE FUNERAL Customs IN THE
LAND OF THE MOSrEHuMAs.

Uorcrs TO tho Departed Diamond
Decked Corpsos aud Magnificent Dis-
plays of Grief-The Vioissitudes of II
Gorgeous shroud-A Ballet Dancer In
n GSnye Dress.
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Apropos Of thus making show Of the
deron de Ia Barea, which is doubtless true.
A lady Of high rank being dead her family,
according to the then prevailing fashion,
undertook TO commit her to the tomb
habited IN her most magnificent dress, that
in which she had been married. This robe
was a marvel Of richness, whose equal had
never been seen even In luxurious Mexico
II was entirely composed Of the finest point
lace, Of fabulous value, profusely adorned
with bows of ribbon covered with en-
broidery Of pure gold, and strewn with
priceless pearls. Thus gOrgeously attlred
The countess was laid In her coffin. Thou
sands OF friends focked TO view her beau
tiful costume du mort, and at last she was
locked In her sepulcher, the key Of which
was irtrusted to Il sacrlstan. Well from
charnel house to ballet care Is rather
an abrupt transition, but 1t happened 10
the gold-embrOidered gown aforesaid. A
few months later company OF French bal
let dancers appeared ut the Mexican capital,
those chief danseusc was as remarkable fol
the bTevity Of her pettiCoats us for helength
Of her pirouettes. On the night Of the
Tavorite ballet, when, as In our own coun,
try, the sea Of bald heads made the front
rows Of the opera house look like cobble
paved street, Mile Pauline waltzed in with
a succession of astonishing pirouettes and
poised upon one toe, looked around for the
customary applause. But, instead a thrill
Of horror, accompanied by loud murmurt
of Indignation, perv0ded the assembly. The
coquettish danseuse was attired In tho
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
Pith and Point.

SOUTH CAROLINA is the only state which
allows no divorce.
VICTOR HUGo's first earnings as an author
were expended upon cashmere shawl for
his wife.
THE newspaper biographies of General
Grant would fill hundreds of thick octave
volumes
THE Louisville Coorier-,Journal confesses
that the son-in-law crop of 1885 is one of
the poorest ever harvested"
THE London Lancet says the appetite is a
most misleading sensation, only remotely
related to the actual demands of the organ
ism.
PosTMAsTER-GENERAL Villas has issued
another circular to democratic congressman
telling them how to get republicans ont of
office.
A WRITER saws that Caesar had short legs.
This is probably what made him pause be-
fore crossing the ubicon-Burlington Free
Press.
THERE is a loud cry from the Ohio demo-
Gratis for the administration to come over
and help them and bring lot of offices
along with it.-Portldnd Press.
THE so-called independent newspapers
are engaged in the harmless amusement of
quoting from tdCi OIueT anu GAZING III re-
publican doctrine.-LOi0eH Mail.
THE odd fancy of Michigan man is to
build his summer residence in the form of
huge lantern The site for the structure is
on bluff overlooking Lake Huron.
THE mind-cure business of Boston has
broken out in Brooklyn, but in milder
form, in accordance with the intellects OF
the latter place.-Nelc Orleans Picdyune.
PROFESSOR: "I In one evening l counted
twenty-seven meteors sitting on my piazza
Glass expresses great astonishment at the
sociable character of the heavenly bodies.
NEARLY three billions of shingles are
manufactured in Michigan every year. The
boys of Michigan are said TO be the best be-
haved of any in the country.-Lo,ceH Times.
New HAMPSHIRE now has an "impure
literature law" 1t provides several penal
ties for the furnishing to children of reading
or pictures which are in any way corrupting.
THERE is to be a ScribnerS Month(y again,
according to the New York Commercial Id
oertiser, which states that Charles Scribner's
Sons will establish the new magazine early
in 1886.
A FIRE-PRooF suit has been invented in
which person can walk safely down from
the top story of burning building. 1t is
thought that these suits could be useful in
enabling some people to go unscathed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

tary Chandler. After the democracy
came into power a disposition was at
once manifested by the new secretary of
the navy to repudiate the contract made
by his predecessor and to condemn the
vessel built by Roach on puerile
technicalities.
The administration soon found itself
confronted with the fact that the
Dolphin " was constructed upon an
honest contract, and that there was no
satisfactory reasons for not accepting
the vessel as strong, substantial and
excellent craft. The board of inspec-
ton appointed by Secretary Whitney
had at least one member who had never
been at sea. His opinion upon the
vessels merits must have been valu-
ablel To find more reasonable pre-
text for their rejection of the vessel,
Encouragement Garland was asked
for an opinion, and he decided that
there was no binding contract between
Mr.. Roach and the government and
that the latter was not compelled to
take the Dolphin" and pay for it.
With business stagnant, 100000 of
weekly wages to pay and works to
maintain, the reputation of the con-
tract forced Mr.. Roach to assign his
property for the benefit of his creditors.
But the administration finds that it has
not covered itself with glory in any part
of the transaction. Secretary Whitney
has fastened to declare that the govern
ment would lose nothing by Mr..
Roach's failure, as his bondsmen were
good for any losses sustained. But it
will be seen that the opinion of the
encouragement multiplying the contract
virtually releases the bondsmen. Now
Secretary Whitney has written to John
Roach's assignee, suggesting that the
points at issue between the government
and the contractor be settled as matters
are usually settled between business
men in like cases. This is what the
secretary should have done in the first
place. From all the facts in the case
it appears that the administration has
inflicted a great wrong upon a pri-
vate citizen, and the result thus fan
has been triumph of partisan malice
over fair methods. The Army and Noty
Journal sees in it policy which would
drive all contractors out of the field
and send all future ship-building to the
navy yards, where the expense of con-
struction would be greatly increased
1t is apparent that this policy covers
nothing more exalted than partisan
purpose.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
Notes and Opinions.

GENERAL GRANT left no will. Since
the collapse of the firm of Grant 4
Ward all documents of this kind have
been destroyed.
REPUBLICAN papers are not con-
demning the appointment of Mr..
Smalley. On the contrary, they say
that it is good democratic appoint
ment, but for the President to remove
General Wells on the ground that he is
a partisan and put Mr.. Smalley in his
place, to elevate the civil service, is a
bit of hypocrisy.-Boston Journal.
The Morrisville Citizen says: " Among
the many postmasters recently removed
in this state is S. w. Kinds at North
Hyde Park. Mr.. Kinds is an old soldier,
who left both hands upon the battle
field. When appointed to the position
he removed the Office to a central point,
erected building especially for ii and
we understand, gave good satisfaction.
That this little office should be taken
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
State Finances.

We are in receipt of report from
State Treasurer Dubois, showing the
revenue and disbursements of the state
of Vermont for the fiscal year ending
July 81, 1885. The total receipts were
$6S9, 774.24. Among the items are pro-
ceeds from partial sale of Huntington
fund securities, S161 ,Sl0.37; income
from said fund, S4,11S.39; corporation
tax for 1884, $500, 942.SS; temporary
loan, 1925 900; foreign insurance com.
panies, 50 ,456; fertilizer companies Ii
cences, 81 300; circus licences, $4,000;
from county clerks, S24, 1866; from
judges of probate, $l2,914.
The total disbursements were $685..
613.S0 Among the largest items are
auditors and court orders paid, 1925,
2l9.42; and temporary loan paid, S275,'
310.37. The liabilities, on account OF
agricultural college and United States
surplus funds, foot up 1856, 500. Re-
sources-Cash in banks, 1913, 160.34; es,
timated tax from corporations the COM
ing year, S20Q,O00; estimated amount
from tax of ten cents on the dollar on
the grand list of 1885, $4,000; esti
mated proceeds from sale of balance OF
Huntington fund securities, S3S,000
Total, S43l 1904.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
The Case of John Roach.

Since the failure of Ship-builder John
Roach the public have been interested
in knowing more about the man and
the merits of his controversy with the
present secretary of the navy in regard
to the construction of the Dolphin. ="
Mr.. Roach has been an extensive
builder of American ships, the en-
ployer of thousands of workmen and
an enthusiast for anything that served
to promote American interests. In
an interview, since his failure, Mr..
Roach said: 1T was my great ambi-
ton that our nation should recover its
glory and prosperity on the seas. l
wanted to prove that American mer-
chandise, grown or made by Ameri-
can workingmen in American shops,
could be sold the world over through
the medium of American ships built
from iron rolled in our own shops
and built from timber cut from
our own forests" Mr.. Roach had
been given the construction of the
new despatch boat and three cruisers.
The democrats in congress did not
openly oppose the plan of new navy,
but they opposed the appropriation on
the ground that the money might not
be economically expended. But the
appropriation was made and Mr.
Roach, being the lowest bidder for the
work, obtained the contract from Secre-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

THE Boston Journal says of the bust
ness outlook: "There has been a more
hopeful feeling among fabric and shoe
manufacturers of late, but there is not
yet anything to give hope of decided
improvement of prices The reports
from Minnesota regarding the spring
wheat crop are not altogether bright,
the weather being somewhat unfavor-
able. The prospects of cotton and corn
are excellent. The hay crop in New
England is very much better than was
predicted the last week in June. The
crop reports in Europe indicate, on the
whole, full average of wheat, and in
some localities more than an average
of other products. On the whole, the
situation appears to be one from which
an active seasons business might be
expected. That it does not come is one
of the things which the wisest business
man declares that he cannot tell"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

to his own race but was extended to
worthy objects, without reference to
nationality or creed. He was among
the first to start subscription for the
suffering Christians of Mount Lebanon
after the Druse massacre. He had
given some encouragement to the Wis
ionary project of peopling the Holy
Land again with his race and found
ing a Jewish empire whose capital
should be Jerusalem. The occasion of
his one hundredth birthday, last Oc-
tober, was celebrated in many countries.
A brother of Sir Moses lived and died
in st. Adams, many years ago, aud a
nephew still resides there.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

THE conviction and sentence of Louis
Riel, the leader of the Northwest re-
bellion, is the all-absorbing topic of the
day in Canada. The jury recommended
him to the mercy of the Crown, but the
judge before whom he was tried said
he could hold out no prospect of a re-
prieve or interference by her majesty.
Riel was sentenced to be hung on Sep
TENDER 18th. The Orangemen and
English subjects generally consider it
righteous judgment, while the French
Canadians claim that the trial was not
fair one. AS his execution will only
serve to increase the hostile feeling of
the half-breeds to the Dominion gov
eminent, probably the worst use that
can be made of Riel is to hang him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

as in the beginning. 1t is very doubt
full if the two great political parties will
ever come to substantial agreement
on this question; and, therefore, it is
not unlikely that it may finally be taken
to the highest court in the land, in
some case involving the constitution
atty of the tenure of office act and de-
handing judicial Interpretation of the
constitutional provision relating to the
matter in dispute.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

THE English government has de-
cided to relieve Kassala, and has con-
tracted with King John of Abyssinia to
do the work. Kassala is the second
city of Soudan, having population of
twenty thousand, and is garrisoned by
three thousand Egyptian soldiers. The
city lies near the borders of Abyssinia,
and the king agrees to take to the Red
Sea the garrison and such of the inhab-
itants as wish to leave the country for
the round sum of half million of dol
lars. The price is very low, and if
England can fulfill its obligations to
Egypt without sacrificing the lives of
her soldiers for such a trihe, it will
greatly help the conservatives in the
coming election.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

is a charming location, some miles
above the popular pleasure resorts in
Central Park, and elevated nearly three
hundred feet above the Hudson river.
1t is neighborhood as yet thinly
settled, but it is likely to be rapidly i'm
proved in the future. The park COM
missioners say that about twenty acres
can be set apart and improved for the
burial site, which will be close to the
Hudson river side and near the upper
end of Manhattan Island.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
General Grants Burial Place.

The selection of New York as aplace
of sepulture for the remains of General
Grant has occasioned not little dis
cussion, much of which is unseemly if
not impertinent. 1t is true, as the Bos-
ton Journal says, that this is peculiarly
a case where the wishes of the whole
people should be considered; but the
wishes of the family are paramount and
must be respected. 1t is difficult. how
ever, to appreciate the reasons which
impelled the Grant family to choose a
park in New York as the generals last
resting-place. The general sentiment
of the press of the country is that the
selection is a mistake and that the
tomb of General Grant should be in
Washington rather than New York
Some of the leading journals speak
very plainly and forcibly about the Sc
lection. The Washington Star says
that patriotic feeling has been out
ragged by the choice that has been
made. The Philadelphia Times calls
it "a consuming wrong to the ma
ton" The Chicago Tribune loses
its temper over the matter and
tiercely protests against the selection
of New York. 1t calls the metropolis
plague-spot on the body polite, taunts
it with it's toryism during the revolu-
ton, and charges it with having been a
hot-bed of secession and disloyalty dur
ing the civil war. 1t asserts that the
choice of park in New York for Gen
eral Grants burial place is an unde-
served concession of honor upon a city
which had never been his friend and
had no claim upon him. All this is Sc
we're, but there is considerable truth
in it.
From all over the country there come
expressions that the most fitting place
for the burial of General Grant is at the
capital of the nation. The place of all
others the most suitable is at the Sol
dier's Home. The New York Evening
Post says of this locality: "The Sol
diers' Home is national in character; it
is near to the scenes of the dead hero's
greatest triumphs, both military and
civil. 1t is within sight of Arlington,
that great bivouac Of the dead where
so many thousands of his comrades lie.
1t is a memento of the first war in
which he took part, having been Sc
cured by General Scott on his return
from Mexico for the repose of his in
valids. But, most of all, it overlooks the
two great sections of our common coun-
try that claim an equal right to render
homage at bis tomb" 1t is, however,
delicate matter, and the wishes of the
Grant family should be acquiesced in
without too much of adverse criticism.
If they cannot be brought to see the
propriety of selecting more fitting site
than the one proposed, then further
discussion of the matter will be neither
pertinent nor decent.
Riverside Park, the site last chosen
as the burial place, lies to the west and
north of Central Park, along the Hud-
son river. The drives of the park be-
gin at Seventy-second street and extend
three miles, to One Hundred Twenty
ninth street. The site selected for the
tomb is on elevated ground, near One
Hundred Twenty-ninth street, from
which there is a good view of the Hud-
son river and Long Island Sound II
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

AFTER an interesting contest, the
New Hampshire house of representa-
tives has passed bill abolishing school
districts and substituting the town sys-
tenn. 1t is expected that the bill will
pass the senate. If so, it will put New
Hampshire considerably in advance of
Vermont in perfecting an important
change in its school system.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

THE famous Hebrew, Sir Moses
Montefore, died near London, last
week, at the great age of one hundred
years and nine months. He was the
descendant of long line of bankers of
the same name. Sir Moses became
widely noted for his various benevo-
lences, and especially for his benefac-
tons to the Jews of Palestine. His
philanthropic service was not confined
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

THE committee appointed to investi-
gate the charges of the Pail Nall Ga
zette concerning certain immoral phases
of life in London, reported last week
that they were substantially true,
whereupon the Gazette appeared in
mourning, as if to express its sorrow
that London should be so wicked. The
Boston Traveller thus comments on
this Pecksniffian spectacle: "The Ga
zette's editor has got even with some of
his personal and political enemies,
avenged himself for having been kicked
out of good society by uncovering some
of its skeletons, pocketed a good round
sum collected from the London lovers
of prurient readings, given his nasty
sheet big advertisement, and is, no
doubt, one of the happiest men in Eng
land. But nobody who knows him, OF
the recent history of his disreputable
paper, will take any stock whatever in
his mourning rules
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

THE New York World has nearly fin
ished its self-imposed task of raising a
Bartholdi pedestal fund of 100000
The amount represents over one hun
bred thousand contributors, as the
average contribution was less than one
dollar The enterprise displayed by
the World in this matter is worthy of
high commentator.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-04-10

Inglaterra, mientras tanto, continha
con suma actividad los preparativos de
guerra.
Nueva- Y York, id. id.-Las rephblicas
de San Salvador, Nicaragua y Costa
Rica ban ajustado un tratado de allan
ga ofensiva Y defensiva, con motive de
la actitnd que ha tornado ell general
Barrios, presidente de Guatemala, pre-
tendiendo destruir la independence de
las repibicas de Centro-Am6rica. FL
Presidente de la Repdblica de San
Salvador esta encargado de dirigir las
operaciones contra ell de Guatemala,
general D. Rufno Barrios.
ii. id. ida alianza ofensiva y
defensiva entire las repdblicas de Mica
ragua, San Salvador y Costa Rica aca-
ba de ser firmada.
Han ocurrido va algunas escaramu-
sas entire las tropas del Salvador de
Honduras: esta rephblica Sc halla divl-
dida en- dos partidos, favorable mo d
Barrlos Y otro defensor de la naclona-
lidad de Honduras.