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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-06-24

Base Bali base Bail Capitol Park, 1880
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-06-24

So per gallon 70 cents quart bottle. No.
Rye Whisky, best in the world for the money
at McGee's Ninth street, near D..
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-06-24

Otherlinesgre atlyreduced,
which cannot be mentioned
for the want of space. 1t is
necessary you should visit
this department at your ear
lest convenience.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-06-24
DRY GOODS

We offer the best value and lowest prices ever
named on summer fabrics, such as Plain, Black,
and Figured Grenadines, Albaiross, and Nuns
Yelling, white and cream, India Linens, Dotted
Swiss, sattcens, and Glnghams.
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No knowledge is useless Whatever
one learns from books, in society, or
fir m nature. may at some time come
iato use. Lawyers have gained great
ease, by recalling, at a critical mo-
mcnt, principles or illustrations ac-
quired wears before without the thoughts
of ever using them.
A ship was wrecked, years ago. on
the Sussex coast of England. All the
crew persisted, save four sailors, who
were cast on the rocks. But as the
tide was rising rapidly, they feared it
would soon cover tle rocks. and that
their escape from death would be inn
possible.
Suddenly, one Of the sailors saw a
little plant growing on the rocks and
examining it more infinitely, found 1t
to be ,amphire. He happened to know
that that plant never grew under water
and was. therefore, able to assure his
companions of their safety.
Hugh Miller in one Of the
daring adventures of his boyhood,
climbed lofty cliff take some young
ravens from a nest nut when Just step
ping on a smooth rock, slOping toward
the nest. the sun broke from cloud
and the surface Of the rock gliStcned.
His geological knowledge enabled him
TO detect at once a layer Of chloritc,
slippery as soap or grease lie turned
back, shuddering at the danger so
nearly encountered. A few years lateri
a skiIlful cragsman, with no knowledge
Of geology. made the same venture,
and shot straight over he cliff to in
stant death on the rocks below.
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Lower Berths in Sl9epers

1t is great study to travel on a sleep
er. and watch the different kinds OF peo-
| Pile 1t is great thing to feel that You
own Il lower berth, and that many Of
those around you are only common, or
binary, upper berth people, who have
got to take fire escape and crawl up to
the roof after YOU have got to sleep. |
always have a lower berth, until bed
time 1t has been habit with me, for
wears, to telegraph ahead for lower
| berth, and get it, and sit in a seat until
bed time. and then have a real nice gen
tleman come to me with q story about
poor lady who is i'll, and who is sentenc-
ed to sleep in an upper berth. and ask
ing me if | had not just as soon change
with her And the poor sick woman
saws she is so sorry to ask it, and then |
say | had just as soon sleep in an upper
berth. and she can have the lower berth
as well as not. Perhaps it IS wrong TO
peril ones immortal soal by lying Sc,
when he knows he will not sleep wink
up there, but it makes the sick woman
feel better. How do these sick people
who get upper berths know man who
will give up his lower berth? Can there
be a look of vacancy, on idiocy, or gen
crositv in my face that tells them they
have a soft thing on my berth? There
we're sixteen lower berths, if remem-
Der right, and yet all the other occu-
pants were safe in their possessions, be-
cause they had faces that showed that
they had made up their minds TO sleep
| down stairs, and alter looking them all
over, the scarchcr for lower berth
| fastens on me. and | wea zen. In such
eases / usually lay awake all night and
| listen to the peaceful slumber OF the oc-
cupant of nv berth, and speculate as
to whether will strike the floor head
| first or feet first, if | fall out Last
/ Thursday morning at daybreak, when
woke up and found my left ear on
nickle plated cuspidore, one leg over the
bell rope. the train stopped, and the
conductor and porter trying to find out
what | stopped the train for, and the
woman in my berth snoring as peace
| fully. that is, peacefully for an invalid,
and they took me up and let me sit on
marble wash-stand in the tollet-room
until the passengers got up. | went out
on the platform while crossing the Mis-
souri, River, and when exactly between
/ the two States Of Iowa and Nebraska.
where an oath would be binding,
swore with uplifted right hand, and left
hand on the place where | struck a
hard travelling bag when | fell, that by
the great bald headed Elijah, would
never telegraph for lower berth again,
and that hereafter | would only travel
in sleepers with three rows of berths,
and take the top one, and fence myself
/ in with barbed wire Henceforth the
! lower berth will only be a memory to me,
an ancient superstition, and | resign
/ forever my claim to lower berth to
those who are sick and who have got
check - George " Peek.
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and, calling a boy, babe him deliver it

and, calling a boy, babe him deliver il
| Immediately.
And at night, when he returned.
Edith : mother handed her a beautiful
wax doll, with golden hair, and blue
eyes that would open and shut. and all
dressed in white, with pale blue sash.
80, mamma. it's perfectly lovely!
How happy | ami she said, kissing
her mother.
Here is my birthday present. daugh-
ter. her father said, handing her a
slip of paper.
What is Il. papa? a letter? Won't
you read it mammal
Then in voice which trembled, the
happy wife read:
| hereby solemnly promise that ! will
never touch another drop of any liquor
which intoxicates SO long as | live, God be
ing my helper john HARRIS.
20 papa! papa papa"
That was all Edith said, but her
father knew by the tears which Sprang
to her eyes, by the close clasp of her
arms about his neck, by the kisses she
rained on his face, that she was the
happiest little girl in the world, and
that his birthday present of a temper
ance pledge had made her so.
All this happened six years ago.
You can well believe Mr.. Harris
money does no longer go to provide
luxuries for liquor-dealers, when | tell
you that last Saturday Edith was six
teen, and when she came down TO
breakfast in the morning she found be-
side her plate, in pale blue satin case,
lovely gold watch and chain, a BIRTH
day gift from her father and mother. -
Youths Temperance Banner.
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the alarm, and so the person goes on
working without eating until he be-
comes pauperized; or the instinetworks
too frequently. and he eats too much
and clogs the vital machinery A cal
culation of the business done in the
body reveals the fact that for hard
working person about 81 pounds of food
and drink are used up daily; some bod
les use more and some less, but this is
the average. The profit which the body
eets on the transaction has been calcu-
lated, and may interest our readers
The energy stored up in the 81 pounds
Of food ought to raise 3,400 tons one
foot high. Most of this energy, how
ever, IS expended in keeping the body
warm and its functions active About
one-tenth can be spent in our bodily
movements or in work. The profit,
then, on the process is about ten per
cent. This is enough to raise $40 tons
one foot high each day. A profit which
is quite enough for earning a good liv-
ing if rightly expended, and it is prob
ably more than most make; but all
ought to strive to reach this point if pos
sible-S Scientific american.
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Some Women s Shoes.

Ladies have been ever ready to pat
ronize shOenakers prone to discard an
atomical laws and indulge in freaks OF
fancy. An exception was Catherine de
Medici She was very active in looking
after gardens, walking, riding, and over
looking her architects. 1t is easy to I'M
derstand, in looking ut the boots and
shoes of the seventeenth century. why
the coach became an article Of necessity
to the grand seigueur and the court lady
The heels were very high, and the boot
cumbersome.
Molcre kept to the square-toed shoes
fastened with lace on the instep, which
the bourgeois OF Paris had worn for
nearly a century and Il half. lie was
shod pretty much as an English Puritan,
and was able to rove through France
without needing the assistance OF q
chropodist In the reign of Louis
Quinze, pedestrian exercise, except on
the fiat, hard terraces Of Versailles, be-
came impossible. The extremity of the
heel was placed under the sole of the
foot, and the whole weight of the body
was thrown upon the great toe; Mime.
de Pompadour wore Asiatic slippers in
the house. but she sacrificed herself to
fashion when she appeared at court.
Marie AutOiucttc's heels were lower,
but the toe of her shoe formed a sharp
point She was glad at her rustic
Trianon parties to lean on the crooked
staff of Il shcperdess or on the arm of a
courtier If the shoe said to be worn by
/ her and the Princess de Lambe}le were
only manufactured to be looked at they
would have been charming. The work
manship, so far as stitching and en-
1 broidery goes is perfect. But the feet
must have been dreadfully squeezed in
them. Marie Antoinctte, according 10
1 tradition, had Il superb gait. Chroniclers
of her time likcned her to q goddess
/ borne along on clouds. AS she was
/ brought up in simple German way,
and taught early to dance ballets, she
NAV have been relatively TO the DANES
about her, graceful in her movements
when she walked. The ankles of the
\ Duchess de Berri went in and deformed
I her shoes. Her Kiuswoman, the En-
press Marie Louise, had the same de-
( feet. The ladies Of the Bonaparte
/ family had remarkably small and we'll
shaped feet, and wore their shoes straight.
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nA;n;nn n Ten Of Silver a nau.

1--WE have been turning out about a
ton of silver a day for some tine past, .
said Supt. Snowden of the mint. The
most of this is dollars, and some small
coin. notably dimes. The demand for
scent nickels is a little ahead of us, and
although we turn out $1,000 worth a
day, weighing some 10000 ounces, we
find that we are behind hand, but we
will catch up before the end Of the week.
About three quarters of ton Of pen
mics are manufactured daily, and they
are in demand as fast as made. ltstrikes
me that the south and west must be be-
ginning to use pennies again, more es-
pecially tile former. For some years
pennies were an almost unknown guam
tity south Of Washington, but they are
gradually creeping into circulation.
| We are not doing more now than for
months past. except that the annual
count j. being made. and we are getting
ready to submit the annual report to the
director Of the. mint. Our fiscal year
closes in few days. = Philadelphia
Rfca5|
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WE TWO.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.


We were both of us-yea, we were both of
us there
In the selfsame house, at the play together.
For her it was summer, with bees in the
air;
To me it was winter weather.
We never had met and yet we two
Had played, in desperate woman-fashion,
A game of life with prize in view;
And, an played with passion.
Twas game hatmeant Heaven and sweet
home-life,
For the one who went forth with a crown
upon her.
For the one who lost it meant lone strife,
Sorrow, despair, and dishonor
Wen, she wont Yet it was not She
| am told that she is praying woman
No earthly power could outwit me,
But hers was superhuman.
She has the prize, and have-well
Memories sweeter than joys of Heaven
Memories fierce as the fires of He'll:
These unto me are given.
And we sat in the self-same house last night,
And he was there 1t is no error
When | say land it gave me a keen delight)
That his eye met mine with terror.
When the love we have won at any cost
nus grown Idnllildf as some Olu STORY
Naught seems so dear as the love we lost,
All bright with the Past's weird glory.
And tho he is fond of that woman, / know
| saw in his eyes the brief confession
That the love seemed sweeter that he let go
Than that in his possession.
So / am content. 1t would be the same
Were | the winner, love-crowned and pet
ted,
And she the woman who lost the game
Then size were the one regretted.
And, loving him so, would rather be
The one he let 60, and then vaguely desired,
Than, winning him, once in his eyes TO see,
The look Of love grown tired.
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No one will dispute the abstract as
sertion that any given girl may some
day have herself, and perhaps her fam
lily, to support; and yet our schemes OF
education for girls are framed precisely
as if this were not and could not be true.
As rule, no provision whatever IS
made for such contingency in the educa-
ton of girls, no recognition whatever is
given to the fact that the chance exists.
We shut our eyes to the danger; we hope
that the i'll may never come, and we
put the thought of it away from lis. In
brief. we trust to luck, and that is a
most uuwise-I was about to say an
idiotic thing to do.
Eacl one of Us has known women to
whom this mischauce has happened, and
each one of us knows that il may happen
to the daughter whom we tenderly
cherish, vet we put no arms in her hand
with which to fight this danger; we
equip her for every need except this
sorest Of all needs; we leave her at the
mercy of chance, knowing that the time
may come when She whom we have
not taught to DO any bread-winning
work will have need for bread. and will
know no way in which to get it except
through dependence. beggary or worse.
She can tcach2 Yes, if she can find
some politician to secure an appoint
ment for her. She can prick back power
ty with her needle. Yes. at the rate OF
I - cents n week, or, il She is a skillful
nccdle-woman, at twice or thrice that
. pittance.
Is il not beyond comprehension that
intelligent and atfectionate fathers,
knowing the dreadful possibilities that
lie before daughters whom they love
with f0ndeSt indulgence, should neglect
/ TO take the simplest Precauton in their
bchalf2 We are tgji. blind, precedent
loving set Of animals. we human beings.
/ We neglect this plain duty, at this ter
riblc risk, simply because such has been
the custom. Some few of rs have made
up our minds to set this cruel custom at
defiance. and to rive ourgirls the means
Of escape from this danger. 1t is our
creed that every education is fatally de-
i fec:ive which does not include definite
i skill in some ant or Handicraftor knowl-
/ edge with which bread and shelter may
be certainly won in case Of need. If the
necessity for putting such skill to use
never arises. no harm is done, but good,
rather. in that ease. because the con-
sciou>ucss Of ability to battle with pow
crtv frees Is poS>eS>>or from apprehen-
sion. and adds to tHat confident sense
of security without which coutcntment
. is impossible Al men recognize this
fact in the ease of boys; its recognition
+ in tue ease Of girls Is not one whit less
necessary. 1t seems to me at least that
+ every girl IS grievousiy wronged who is
suffered to grow up to womanhood and
10 enter the world without some market
able Georgs CUy EgglcSt0n, in
Haper'S Nagtzsne.
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Dances.

Shake hanis with your hostess. and enter the
Preaa.. to be festive ard banish all gloom.
%. bow 10 Won d9. all you give me a
T1cv ask with an iatrrrcSi ive glance:
Tlc,t 81 wsl;iu- dHwa uf tGrgalablc names
All. here is The man who the first dance
Then siding round in IN awful crush,
Arthc end ui the GHrce the usual rush
For seat ON thu stairs, and some lemonade,
(Which seldom. I fear from lemons is madej
Ihen change Of partners, though much the
Are ones partaerz at DANCE, a tribe tame;
EHe u-aIi question, "Huvr yuu been gayY'
WY ao rot these men find some new thing to
Taa7 ,a.5 III the music. the dancing, the floor,
Ana uIet.meS Won feel it IN awful bore
In ia / - man whom you scarcely know.
Whom you cal to yourself Mr. So-and-so"
Hcfu never again in your lie you may see;
ANA thei. ii you aid, the chances would be
That tomorrow you'd cut him, and think no
Than. ~ here have seen that face before?"
Buff partners wrreall such as these who'd go
10 GaeCe where the dancers were all so
Yet I'm tod, and, indeed. perhaps they are
Gut,
How -uIf. fines waltz is great delight
When 5our feet "trip il IN perfect ulu",
AMI two hearts ring Ola, "a single chime.
Bar 1ui~ j. only what rl tod:
! would not assert Z. J 'In not so bod.
VII Il Cyuic- inquire. WHAT is the charm
Which turks ia "a masculine, t.dCk-sircvrd arm
Pr round yo'lr waist 10 ice , You round
yDctr sac, how pT0-aic tire words do soHnd9
Whist yol with your wci.-glcvcd hand hold
theaenteman's elbow, and waltz at last2
fsIt fau-e are the cyUIc,t. ones who talk;
without loving or flirting, through lie they
what can jhcy know a. they look askance,
OF ail fgat makes up perfect dancer
! hid them listen, We all as well,
To this good little moral thIt / would tell
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"Tornadoinr" an We'll

In his Illustrated article on striking
Oh, in the July Century, +. V. Small
ley saws: When a well fails ii is usual
" ''torpedoed" TO start the flow afresh.
\ long tin tube. containing six or eight
quarts of nitro-glycerine, is lowered IN
to the hole and exploded by dropping a
weight upon it. The tremendous force
of the powerful explosive tears the sand
rock apart and looSens the imprisoned
oil and gas. Nothing is heard on the
surface save the sharp report like PTS
toll shot, but the ground heaves percep-
tibly, and pretty soon the oil comes
squirting out in a jet that breaks in spray
above the lofty derrick The torpedo
man" is one of the interesting person
ages OF the oil region who is seen with
most satisfaction from distance. He
travels about in a light vehicle, with
his tubes and his nitro-glycerine can,
traversing the rough roads ut a Jolly
round trQt, taking the chances of an ac-
cidental explosion, and whistling or
singing rs he goes. Sometimes the
chances are against him. and the blow
of a wheel against u stone sets free the
terrible force imprisoned in the white
fluid in his can. There is no occasion
for funeral after such an accident, for
there is nothing to bury. Man, horse
and buggy are annihilated in flash,
and an ugly hole in the ground and .
clold of smoke are all that is left to
show What has happened. The torpedo
company Luys 4 new horse and hires a
new man, and there is no more diff
Guilty about one transaction than the
other. The business of ''torpedoing'
wells is in the hands of a single COM
pany, which has made a large amount
of money from patent covering the
process Of using explosives under flu
id. Most oil producers regard the pat
ent as invalid, because nature supplies
the fluid in the well into which the nitro
glycerine tube is lowered; but the
courts have sustained the patent, Some
times well-owners torpedo their wells
stealthily by night to avoid the high
price charged by the company. The
operation is called ''moonlighting, and
many lawsuits have grown out Of it.
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The Kremlin.

The ancient palaces of the Gar at
Moscow, known as the Kremlin, are
probably the most gorgeous example Of
man 5 capacity to adorn and beautify
that exists on the face of the globe A
New York Herald correspondent SAYS:
A walk through the halls of the Kremlin
as prepared for the imperial pageant
reveals splendors almost impossible to
describe. TO talk of them as reception
rooms suggests nothing Of the lavish
beauty of decoration and the imperial
splendor of the different halls and
saloons. Every fresco has been restor-
ed every carving regilded. All the en-
broideries, brocades, and tapestries
have been especially made for the oc-
caslon. Baron kohne had the direction
of all the hcraldic decoration His taste
in everything that concerns antiquity,
ceremonals, and the science of imperial
display is evident, from the great golden
throne and draperies, over which the
black eagle is seen in flight, down to
the tabards of the heralds and the
badges of the pursuivants.
In the Banquet Hall the embroidered
cloth, which surrounds the lower tier
buffet stands. is of crimson velvet, and
is covered with the most elaborate en-
broidery of Byzantine design in colors
and three tones in gold. This table
cover and carpet, which covers the floor
of the halls, about seventy feet square,
are the work of nuns, whose signatures
are found in it, worked in Stay charac-
tiers. In the right corner rises a throne
of carved black oak, its roof supported,
for it is almost building in itself, by
four pillars and raised on three steps
The whole is covered with crimson
plush, backed with draperies of cloth of
gold and ermine A small table, which
is also covered with crimson plush,
stands before the imperial seats.
The floor of the Hall St. Alexandra is
probably the finest piece Of marqueterie
known. Every kind of colored wood is
used to produce the most intricate pat
terms of scroll and flower.
The Throne Room: so much magnifi-
cence is displayed in this floor, that one
is scarcely prepared for the rich display
which meets the spectator in the Throne
Room or Sale Saint Andre. Architec-
ture and decoration combine the severi-
ty of Gothic abbey with the marvels
of the Renaissance, a resplendent shrine.
At the far end of the hall rises q shrine
in gold, for indeedit is more like shrine
than canopy. 1t has gold draperies
on silver and gold background, on
which are the arms of the Emperor of
All the Russias The throne is support
ed by the gold oriffins of the house of
Romanoff, fringed with black, gold, and
silver, the colors of the imperial stand
ard. Enormous gilt chandeliers, each
supporting thousands of wax lights, the
wicks of which are all connected so as
to light up simultaneously, hang from
the roof and fall with weblike grace.
imagination can picture them ablaze
and fill the glorious palace with the
splcndors of royalty, courtiers, and the
fairest danes.