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National Republican., 1885-12-09
FASHION NOTES.

Scotch caps are much worn by little girls.
Very short sleeves OF blonde lace gathered up
in whipped cream" puffs are seen on many
handsome ball dresses now in the hands Of our
best houses.
Chinchilla, natural beaver, gray kimmer,
ana Russian squirrel are the furs for little chill
dren's mufis and collarettes, but white cony,
white curly China dog, and sealskin are also
utilized for them.
Bonnets and hats, with crowns of suede
skin In different shades OF brown and yellow,
arc trimmed with seal plush, seal and other
furs, and with wings or entire birds with
brown shaded feathers.
Band collars or boas of fur, stole collars ex-
tending in two tabs to the waist, and collarettes
reaching to the shoulder sleeve and pointed
back and front, are all in vogue for children,
as well as for grown women
Plush Is worn by old, young, and middle
aged women, and TO excess by children. 1t
forms wraps, long and Ishorti caps, bonnets,
hats, dresses, and parts oil the same, and trims
bonnets, hats, costumes, and wraps when Of
other materials.
Wooden bonnets come among other Im-
ported novelties, but the wood has by some
while retaining its original tints and grnining.
This substance covers the crown, while the
bTim is of Astrakhan plush or fur or velvet or
silk plush.
Among other novelties in hat crowns seen at
Denning's are those of sheepskin. or rather
lambs wool on the skin. The brims OF seal,
plush, or dark velvet, aud trimmings of ribbon
and birds wings TO match the color of the
brim, convert these into tasteful and pretty
Chapeaux for cold weather
Linthorpe pottery Is the latest London craze.
This English ware comes in jardinieres, pots,
and vases in shapes and colors not only good in
themselves, but with the advantage of not
having been made common SO that one who
buys II does not see everywhere the counter
part of ones own pet pieces of delft,
Among the bric.a-brac Is n FREELY candle.
stick The fly Is Of tinted metal IT'S wings
open and close over n match box, the candlo-
stick rises in short Hover cup from its thoraX.
and the whole is so heavy that II makes an eN-
cellent paper weight. The finish OF the piece,
from the feet Of the ily to the glass bObeche OF
the candlesiick, Is good,
National Republican., 1885-12-09


The message of the President will strike
the western congressman as one dictated
for New York and New England.
The great west, whose men OF honest toll
furnish the means to pay the national debt,
and which creates the wealth that makes
our eastern cities great, is practically ig-
nored. Questions which involve the inter
est and hopes Of the people Of the Missls-
sippi valley and the far west are overlooked
but the interests of the Atlantic coast are
fondly cherished.
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN is an advo-
cate Of all the great interests Of the people,
including those wholive beyond the Allegha-
MES, and 1t raises its protest against that
short-sighted policy which sees only in the
east the future of our land, and caters
mainly to that section in recommending
national legislation.
National Republican., 1885-12-09
Literary and Art Notes.

The collection Of "Students' Songs,'r
published by Moses King, Of Harvard
square, Cambridge, Mass, has had the
most noteworthy sale ever known for
book of its class-nearly $4,000 copies al
ready-this, too, although numerous COM
petitors and imitators were put in the
market after it became apparent that
Moses Kings collection had met with so
much success. This collection Of "Stu-
dents Songs" was edited by William II.
Hills, of the Harvard class OF 1880 (now
an editor of the Boston Globe), and pub
lished by Moses King, Of the Harvard class
of 1881, the names Of both appearing on
the title page of the genuine collection
only. Its success is due chiefly to the
freshness Of its sixty copyrighted songs,
comprising those jolly and melodious tunes,
and peculiar phrases which, within the
past ten years, have arisen and become
generally popular among the students Of
all American colleges. The low price,
too-50 cents-and the attractive appear
making "Students' Songs" the most sue
cessful book of its class ever published in
this country.
DR.. Verdi, of Washington, gained wide
reputation in 1865 by his skillful cure Of
Secretary Seward, who was nearly mur-
dered the night that Abraham Lincoln was
assassnated. He is prominent and sue
sessful practitioner. His books about.
women and babies have had peculiar sue
cess; some years ago "Maternity," and this
year "The Infant Philosopher; Stray Leaves
from a Baby's Journal" This latter-a
"cute" little booklet In parchment paper
shows baby's views and ideas, and, cheap
as 1t is $50 cents), gives more laughter than
jest book, and more good sense for moth
ers than many weighty treatise.
An early number Of "Science" will con-,
tain three composite portraits OF Washing
ton. These VIII really be three new por-
traits Of the father Of his country, and will
give more correct idea of his face than
any picture yet published. The special
value Of composite is due to its method OF
manufacture by photography. In this case
one Of the composites Is derived from seven
separate portraits Of Washington, and two
OF them from five each. In this way It is,
thought that the composite should contain
all the features common to the components,
and should not contain any features due to
the personality Of the original artist. These
composites were published In smaller form
In recent issue Of the Journal Of the
Franklin institute.
The Art Age is the only art journal that
gives special attention TO the best work Of
professional American artists. Besides
other illustrations, 1t issues regularly an ex-
quisite Forbes photogravure, suitable for
framing Twenty-Five cents copy. Tur-
nure & Gilllss Brothers, publishers, 75 Full
ton sti Get, New York.
National Republican., 1885-12-09
ABOUT PEOPLE.

GEN. W, II. PAYNE, of Virginia, is at the
Ebbitt.
GEN. LEW WALLACE arrived in New York
yesterday from Constantinople
LIEUT.. GEN. SHERIDAN returned last night
from his recent tour through the Indian terri
tory.
GAIT. +. d. GRANGER, of the United States
coast survey, arrived last evening nt the
Ebbitt. lie has just arrived from u seven
months trip through the west.
DISPATCH received from Senator Miller an.
nounced that he would leave San Francisco
yesterday en- route to Washington, and that he
Is improving in health. lie will make the
journey over the Southern Pacific railway, by
easy stages-stopplng at Tucson, Santa Fc, and
New Orleans. Senator Leland Stanford placed
one of his private palace cars at the dispolal of
Gen. Miller,
National Republican., 1885-12-09

"The suppressio veri as well as the sugges-
ofalsi, with which IL is often contrasted, is
deemed fraud on the part of one bound to
disclose the truth.n So says the law die
tlonary, and, judged by that definition, the
report Of Commissioner Sparks, Of the gen
eral land office, is u more glaring "fraud"
than any 1t processes to have discovered.
Take for example the statement in regard to
the Willamette and Cascade Mountain road
in Oregon, as found upon page 81 Of that
report. The commissioner says: "a special
agent made personal examination Of the
Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain
road, and took ailidavits Of citizens; re-
ported construction a mere preteXt, and
that for one Numbered miles he could not
find the trace Of road. Upwards of 4i0,-
600 acres were patented to the company in
1888, after this report had been made"
Commissioner Sparks knew when he
'touched the pen" to that statement that
time enough elapsed between the dates re-
ferred to in the first and second sentences
Of that paragraph for the whole matter to
be laid before two successive Congresses,
and that 1t was only after their refusal TO
take any adverse action, and upon the GER
tihcate of Gov. Lafayette Grover that tho
road had been completed in accordance
with the terms Of the grant that the 100000
acres Of land were patented. Whose OK was
gored that time?
National Republican., 1885-12-09

BY implication, at least, the President
gives timely notice to Congress that he
shall not interfere, except in so far as re-
quired by the fundamental law, with the
duties devolyed ON the legislative de-
partment Of the government. In the same
manner he automatically intmates to the
lawmakers that he will not expect undue
meddlesomeness on their part with the
duties Of the executive. In q system
under which the executive is q coordinate
branch of the legislature, and one branch OF
the legislature is made part Of the eXecu-
tive mechanism, the temptations to mutual
encroachments are great, and the difficulty
of fixing clear lines of demarkation is al
most insurmountable
Still 1t is eminently desirable that there
should be no friction occasioned by either
department encroaching on the domain
Of the other. 1t was remarked by one of
the Democratic fathers--President Andrew
jackson, If we remember correctly, and
repeated by a Republican President-that
the party holding executive poweris always
the party of concentration, and the party
out of power is always opposing such ag-
grandizement or exaggeration of the execu-
tive Office II President Cleveland will, dur
ing his term of Office, see that the boundaries
are carefully observed, he will do one i'm
portant part of his duty. But we confess
to the impossiblity Of thinking of where
the line is or ought to be without being re-
minded of the "spot near the pickerel's pee
toral fins where the thorax leaves of and
the venter begins"