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National Republican., 1885-10-21
FIVE RACES EACH DAY!
GRAND sTEEPLE LECHAS ES !
ALL THE BEST HORSES.
FIRST RACE EACH DAY AT 1870 O'CLOCK.

Perfect order will, as usual, be preserved and no
disreputNblc person will be admitted to the grounds
or stand.
Special Race Trains Of the Baltimore and Ohio at
1910, 1880, !, and 1880 p. Return trains will
be in waiting when the races are over. TrouEdtrlp
tickets, only 10 cents.
Members Badges can be obtained from Mr. II. T.
Baker, 400 Pennsylvania avenue; at the Office of
Club, Tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue and at
the Office of Mr.. ]. +. olmstead, 14lG New York
avenue. J.-i. oLMsTEAD, President.
H. D. MCINTYRE, Secretary. oc12.tf
DUY JACKS RACING CALENDAR-JACK'S
ID tips on the Washington aud Brighton races
daily. Gave stralhspey Barnum, Bess, Pat ycster-
day; also, combinations: Srathspey, Barnum, Bess,
10 for !; strathspey, Barnum, Farewell, for l.
NATIONAL SKATING RINK,
IN Gil and 0l3 st. N. W.
National Republican., 1885-10-21
.LOST And FOUND.

I T-MoNDAY, IN GOING FROM HILL
breastpin. Reward II returned to Hillman Honse
National Republican., 1885-10-21

yLrANTED-TO KNOW THE BEST TURKISH
w and Russian baths In Washington, go to
Shcdd's, on 4 st., near 9th N W.; established In
establishment. b-sclI-1m
National Republican., 1885-10-21

WTANTED-LADIES AND YOUNG MEN TO
w decorate Christmas, New Year, and Easter
noyclticsi easily learned; good prospects OF steady
employment and fair wages; material furnished,
and all work mailed postpaid For full informa-
tion address DECORATIVE ART WORKS, Z Ex-
sn2I I.tm. .Ih.s lot
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27
ENGLISH TRAVEL.

Joys Experienced by Parties Who Ridicuie
the American Baggage system.
Luggage is the curse of existence. 1t
is bad enough when we start from
home; but at each station where the
travellers halt luggage can inhict new
pang. By an English custom, luggage
is fought for in a scrimmage. like Rugby
football. The porters toss it out on a
platform, and the passengers make
dives at it. Let any student of life
above all, let any poet<go to ter
minus when a train has come in, and
watch the faces of the voyagers as they
battle for their things" The observer,
Of course, should himself be uncon-
cerned; if he is traveller, he will not
have the calmness necessary for scien-
titic contemplation. What passion agi-
tates the strugglers for bags and trunks!
How they fly nervously from open van
to open van! Their faces, even the
youngest of them, are peaked and dis
torted with fear. care, anxiety. You
may watch the wicked gamesters at
Monte Carlo, and behold no such emo
tions as are nakedly displayed at
Waterloo or Paddington. Here, first.
is trembling anxiety and light
winged hope; then come doubt and
dread and sad-lipped patience and su-
preme despair. The record Of such
passions flows almost inevitably into
blank verse. The cruel and quivering
eagerness Of the old is matched by the
hurried selfishness of the young. Then
at last most faces are lit up with the
light of thankfulness and JOY, while
only tortured remnant abides Of per-
sons whose luggage has been carefully
thrown out at the wrong station, or has
by accident or by design. Yet envy
not too much the happy ones whose
long-lost and late recovered baggage is
safely slowed on their four-wheeled
cabs. Already the fierce cab tout has
marked them down, and is pursuing
them with his long gsllop which can
tire the cabman's hate and policeman
ire. After reaching the very thresh-
hold of home, after seeing the sacred
fire burning bright, the married man
must cope with the cab tout and drive
him away by violence, OF, like feeble
but civilized people threatened with
barbaric invasion, buy him off with
bribes. Such are the SORROWS of the
men with luggage, nor have We lin
gered on the pictures of hats driven in
and backs broken by the fall of fatal
Gladstone-bags from the slender net
work overhead in railway carriages
London Saturday I%rtew-
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27
A Valuable Treasure.

A few days ago, While some work
men were pulling down an old build
ing in the town of Svendborg, on the
island of Funen, they came upon val
liable treasure, which included ten
bars of very fine silver and 3.774 sill
yer and gold coins, all dating from the
reign of the Danish King Eric of Pom
erania "A. d. 1396-1il2). The whole
lay together buried in the basement
close to the foundation. 1t is singular
that a tradition of centuries pointed to
this house as a place where treasure
had been buried. and the owner when
selling it short time since expressly
reserved the ownership of any treasure
that might be found on the premises.
N. Y. Post.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27
The Art of ShadOwinK.
Chicago News.

.-Shadowing" says Chicago detective.
lis the most difficult and the most Scien-
tific work in my profession. IL man is
well shadowed for two weeks SO much can
be discovered concerning his habits, his as
sociates, his inclinations, his secret acts, in
short. of his inner life, that almost per
feet biography of him can be written.
Every man does many characterised things
when he thinks he is alone that he never
would do in company, and the shadow
learns mans true character by witnessing
his natural life. More people than you i'm
agine have been Swallowed for the infOrma-
ton of both friends and enemies. Many
curious. and sometimes suspicious. wives
have their husbands shadowed. and many a
husband has locked up in his Office desk a
mirror of his wife's private life iT the form
of a shadows report. Nearly every man in
Chicago prominent in business. politics OF
religion has been shadowed. and there is
somewhere filed away document that
would make the eyes of the subject open
could he read it.
Every man connected with bank from
the president down. is shadowed. Large
business firms get periodical reports on the
private lives of trusted employees. | suppose
Marshall Field can tell any of the heads of
departments III us store whether tney uTllk
brandy or mead, smoke cigarettes or opium,
play penny in a friends parlOr or faro
in a gambling house.
Il know that the head of well-known
detective agency in Chicago has been shad-
owed by nearly every other agency, and
they all have his record.
1t is hard work 10 shadow a man. You
have to get up an hour earlier than he does
in order Ia get your breakfast and lay for
him at his home. You follow him to his
Office. to lunch. on his business rounds
everywhere. When he is on the street you
never take your eyes off him. and tell you
this makes your head swim. You follow
him home To supper, and down town again
in the eXening. You note everybody he
speaks with and every lady to whom he
bows. You must stay with him. till he goes
to bed. and then write out your report before
you get Ia sleep.
Men are 0fteireSt Swallowed when they
are in trouble, and they rush here and
there talk 10 scores of men, enter scores of
places. and get up early and 60 to bed late
A good lively subject will lead the shadow a
wild and merry dance, and two weeks of it
will wear a good man out"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27

| 1t was shown that the defendant had
been in the habit of inserting in local
papers the usual form about being mo
longer responsible. : and so forth, and
had then permitted and encouraged his
better half to run up accounts at shops.
When requested to pay, it was his
| habit To fiaunt in the faces II the sur
prised tradesmen the printed warnings
against his wife being regarded as his
authorized agent. The plan seems to
have answered a good deal better than
it deserved, although it was always
open to any aggrieved creditor to de-
clare that he had received no personal
intimation Of the wife being no longer
trusted by her husband. Apparently
Mr. Gunner went to work with much
deliberation. On the lst day of Janu-
AIRY. for several years past, he had
Systematically scheduled his wife in
the local prints, and there is every
reason to suppose that he did this with
! the full sanction and connivance Of the
lady in question. A witness came for
ward who had been q servant in Mr..
Gunner's family, and she deposed that
the defendant had laughingly boasted
/ in her hearing that he had saved f70
in one year by advertising his wife. "
He went on % add remark which
shows him to be humble imitator of
the lamented Mr.. Peckspiff at is no
use" he said, paying money to these
! foolish tradesmen." What action the
l..foolish tradesmen' who in past times
have been unable to obtain payment of
their little bills are likely to take
owing to these revelations of Mr.. Gun
ner's excessive ingenuity is at the pres.
| ent uncertain. 1t is hardly probable
that they will allow the dodge now
that it has been unearthed, to debar
them from recovering the value of the
| goods which Mrs. Gunner had obtained
| at their respective establishments.
The whole of that seventy pounds ster-
| ling. said to have been saved through
this artitice, will, perhaps, be sued for,
and. no doubt, recovered. An in
dividual who makes his wife laugh
ing-stock for the whole neighborhood,
simply in order to save himself the
payment of his just debts, and who
resorts to the mean and shabby trick
disclosed at the Chester County Court.
can not expect much mercy to be ac-
corded to him by his creditors. 1t
need hardly be said that when the
Judge listened to the statement of
facts, and had further perused the adj
vertisements wherein Mr.. Charles Gun
ner refused to be bound by his wife's
purchases, he at once decided to give
Judgment for the plaintiff who claimed
the six pounds sterling. So the Ches-
ter debtor is proved, in the long run.
to have been too clever by hall. Lon
don Standard.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27
ENTIRELY TOO CLEVER.
How = Very Neat Dodge Brought Troubl.
upon Its Author.

How = Very Neat Dodge Brought Trouble
upon Its Author.
Husbands who advertise that they
will no longer be answerable for any
debts contracted by their wives are
usually considered to be the outraged
and wretched victims of conjugal ex-
travagance, but a case which has been
before the County Court Judge at
Chester seems to put the matter in a
somewhat different light Their ad-
vertisements may be mere lodges to
escape pecuniaEy responsibility. Under
any circumstances the plan of holding
up wife to public ridicule and con-
tempt in this way is questionable
enough. especially as there are about
equaltchances whether tradesmen will
happen to see the announcement in
time to prevent their being induced to
give unauthorized credit. The Chester
case, however, presents novel features
Of its own, and shows the worst side of
this business. A grocer resident in
that city sued one Charles Gunner for
the sum Of E6 being the price of nec-
ssssry articles supplied to his wife.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27
Labor Lost.
BROOKLYN Magazine.


The following incident is authoritatiyely
told of New York merchant residing on
Hancock street, in Brooklyn. Although a
gentleman of comfortable means. the mer-
chant has frequently economical fits. De
string to surprise his wife upon her return
from the country, ,Mr.-c0ncluded to I'M
dertake the task of vanishing his dining
room, which had lost some of its lustre.
After devoting some little time to searching
for pot of varnish which had been used
on previous occasions, the merchant. coat
less and with rolled-up sleeves, began the
job, which, after labor of over eight heurs
he finished 10 his entire satisfaction.
The following morning he rose early and
his first mission was to examine his work.
Greatly to his surprise he found, upon en-
tering the room, that the .'varnish" had not
dried particle, although both doors and
windows had been lert open. A closer ex-
animation disclosed the fact that unfOrtu-
nately he had not found the pot of varnish,
and had actually vanished his entire dining
room with maple syrup! This Is true In
cident In which the facts are exactly as here
related.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27
A ninholfcal Poem.

The Rev. S. Miller Hageman, OF New
York. recently read poem on hell before
the Nineteenth Century Club of that city.
II seems to have been uost extraordinary
production, and the feelings Of the club
while submitting to the process can scarcely
be imagined The whole may be judged
from few extracts. The reverend poet
gave his idea of the population of the lower
region In the following lines:
Satyr. gorgon. dragon, goggling,
Scorpion. vampire. bogie, bog2ling,
Harpy. piNy, ogre, oggling.
Gloating. gloating on.
His conception of the ''descensas Averni''
is no less original:
Swirlng down that headlong stair.
Swirling, bottomlessiy swirling doNn. down,
down that dizzy stair
The occupation of the inhabitants he thus
describes:
sizzling. cracking. blistering. burning.
Burning, burning on
And he continues in the game strain.
Through the glare of dazzling darkness dia
bolically eyed.
Countenances knotted. staring,
Leering. mocking taunting. glaring,
Scowling, glowering. wild, desparihg' dead
but living on
And good deal more of the same sort. II Is
evident that The reverend gentleman has a
vivid imagination and an extensive rocabu-
larry. II is doubtful whether he has put
them to the best use possible.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27
MISSING LINKS.

Tea was introduced into Scotland by the
Duke of York in 1928.
4 grocer In Mansfield. Pa. bought twenty
tons Of butter in one week.
A place where old Roman coins are
manufactured has been discovered in Con-
nec.icut.
Three Lowell. Mass. girls of good fam
lilies have been sent to the State Industrial
School for drunkenness and larceny.
\ traveller in Mexico writes that he was
recently in city of $4,000 population
where not a single copy Of daily newspa-
per is taken.
4 man in Buffalo proposes to chain q
bible to each telephone in the country, so
that while waiting for replies persons will
have something TO read of q nature to re-
press profanity.
Statistics of crime in New York do not
bear out the assertion frequently made that
more arrests are made on Sunday than any
other day of the week. the average for that
day being only Is per cent
There was a race last week from Queens
town TO New York between two ocean
steamships. The winner covered the dis
tance in six days, five hours and thirty-three
minutes. This is the fastest time on record.
The dairymen Of Prussia-where farming
seems TO struggle under quite as great de-
preston now as in Great Britain-are fight
ing artificial buffers and demanding that the
government compel the makers to call their
goods by their right names.
According to the Southern Practitioner,
the City of Mexico. being entirely without
sewers or drainage, the mortality is at the
high rate Of 80 per LOCO of population an
nually. In Guanajuato, a city Of $1,000
inhabitants, the death rate is said TO BIZ "a
per 1000.
1t is said that surplus of 800. 900 tons Of
grain await shipment 10 Portland, Ore,
from the interior This has all to be car
ried at least 200 miles by rail. over a mo
nopoly road. which charges So ton. At
this rate car load of wheat from Chicago
10 New York would earn its owners $3.50.
Judging from paragraph now going the
rounds OF the medical press, the higher ed
ucation of women does not conduce to con-
nubiality and fecundity. OF 759 female
college graduates only 1856 are married. Of
these. 66 have no children. and l30 have
had 26S children, of which 232 are living.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27
EPITHELIoMA
OR SKIN CANCER.

For seven years suffered with cancer on
my face. All the simple remedies were applied
to alleviate the pain. but the place continued
to grow, finally extending into my nose. from
which came a yellowish discharge very often
sive in character. Ii was also infiamed. and
annoyed me a great deal. About eight months
ago was in Atlanta. at the house of a friend
who strongly recommended the use OF
Swift's Specific that | determined to make an
effort 10 procure it, h, this l was successful
and began its Use. The influence of the medi.
cine at first was to somewhat aggravate the
sore; but soon the Inflammation WAS allayed
and began To improve after the first few bot
ties. Ny general health has greatly improved
am stronger. and able to do any kind of work.
The cancer on my face began To decrease and
the ulcer to heal, until there is not veStige OF
il laft-Only a little scar marks the place where
Il had been | am ready TO answer all ques-
tions relative TO this cure.
Mas. JoICIE 4. MCDoSALD.
Atlanta. Ga. August II, 1875.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27

For many years was a sufferer with cancer
OF the nose. and having been cured by the us ,
Of :. ;. :. feel constrained by a sense of duty
TO suffering humanity TO make this statement
of my case. With the fourteenth bottle the
cancer began To heal rapidly and soon disap-
peared. and tor several months there has been
no appearance of a sore of any kind on my
nose OF face, neither is my nose at all tender
TO the touch. have taken about two dozen
bottles :. ). $. and am soundly cured. and
know that ;. ;. ;. effected the cure after every
known remedy was tried and had failed.
ROBERT SNEDLEY.
Fort Gaines. Ga. May !, 1885.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27

had heard of the wonderful cures Of Swift =
Specific, and resolved 10 try it. | commenced
taking IL in April, lsS4, My general health was
much improved, yet the cancer which was in
my breast continued 70 grow slowly but surely.
The bunch grew and became quite heavy.
felt that | must either have il cut OF die. But
4 commenced discharging quantities of almost
BaCk, thick blood. Ii continued healing
around the edges until February. when IL was
entirely healed up and well. BETSY WOOD.
Cochesett, Plymouth Co. Mass, July Il, 1875
Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable, and
seems 10 cure cancers by forcing out the i'm
purities from the blood.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawers. Atlanta, Ga.
y. Y. Isl W. g3d st.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27

Holm w. IL No SLOUGH

Hon. John Wesley Bookwalter, since his
return from his travels in the old world
countries, assumes the occupancy of a plane
of political wisdom so extremely altitudin-
Gus as to excite our unqualified admiration.
Mr.. Bookwalter is undoubtedly brilliant
and superior man. He has amassed splen-
did fortune by dint Of genius and industry,
and the use he is making of 1t proves him
to be- as wisely discriminatiye in its expen-
diture as he was clear-headed and worthy in
its amusement. Naturally intellectual. he
has added the advantages of travel to litera-
ry culture. and on economic and industrial
questions his opinions are sound and valua-
bic. But when, as in his recent interview
with Gath, he essays To seem cyclopedia
of knowledge and an oracle of wisdom. and
assumes to carry the key which unlocks the
logic of universal history up to date. and of
American politics some years beyond date,
when he loads himself up in this fashion
we say. he tires himself out, and becomes
an easy prey tn criticism. Nevertheless,
and As we have promised, Mr.. Bookwalter
has imhibed quite deeply at the Pierian
fountain. and as Bill Nye would say, is
no slouch Bellefontaine Examiner.
IL is said to be almost impossible for
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27

Merton A. Root, of Southington,
Conn, went home and ill-treated his
wife. She went into the cellar and
spilled two barrels of cider. This en-
ragged her husband, and he obtained a
silk dress belonging to his wife and
mopped it in the cider The wife COM
planned of Root. and he was arrested
and fined seven dollars and costs,
amounting to S2l. 50. 2.-Haryord Post.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27
THE PEQUlcR

A Conversation Whose Counterpart Csn
he Overheard Any Day.
Vcnder of furniture polish to Miles,
ian domestic who has answered the
BELLS the lady of the. house at home?
Bridget Yes, sor. but she's ingaged.
Vender-That's what they all say.
Well. can wait awhile. (Tries to
pass Bridget, who has firm hold of the
door,
Bridget-But, sor, l has orders not
20 admit the likes of yees at all. at all.
Vender-Oh. that'll be all right. I'm
not selling books OF pictures. but all
article that will help you very much
the only furniture polish in the world
that thoroughly cleans furniture by one
application and with scarcely any labor;
the -
Bridget-Luk here. sor, don't you
wink at me in that way; and jist tax
your hand of the dure-knob, av We
plaze The mistress won't be bothered
wild your palarer.
Mistress (at the head of the stairs)-
What is it, Bridget
CVender sees his opportunity and
slips in while Bridget's attention is at
tracted.)
Bridget-It's one av thin piddlers.
mum, and he's shipped in, in spoit av
me.
Mistress descends the stairs. Vender
takes off his hat, bows. and says-Mad-
am, trust you will pardon this SEEM
ing intrusion, but l wish to Introduce
to your notice an article that
Mistress-l never buy anything of
travelling agents.
Vender-an article that no house
keeper should be without; something
that with almost no labor will enable
you to keep furniture always bright
and clean; a trial
Mistress - Ny son-in-law keeps .
drug store, and of course
Vender-This can not be found in q
drug store, Madame. There are only
four or ave agents in America- 1t costs
but twenty-five cents bottle. and will
do everything that is claimed for it and
more. One application--
Mistress-But, sir, you are only vast
ing your time, and mine. People can
not buy everything that is offered at
their doors, and l have adopted an
invariablc rule to buy nothing. =
Vender-But you will gladly break
that rule when you see what this renew
er and polish will do. Let me try it
on that chair. can convince you in
two minutes
Mistress-You can, try it if you
choose, but it will not make sale for
YOU. you may be assured.
(Vender whips out rag, applies
some of the liquid. rubs away at the
back of the chair, and in short time
the wood certainly does look bright and
new. )-There. Madame; you couldn't
have restored the original appearance
Of that wood by the use of any other
preparation under the sun. Will one
bottle be enough?
Mistress-It seems to do what YOU
claim; but, as told you in the first
place, don't want any; have no need
of it.
Vender. Gn loud voice as he backs
toward the door)-Well. Madame, if
I'm any judge. your furniture all needs
cleaning bad enough. and it would
take more than one bottle for this
room alone. goes out, slamming the
door.l
Mistress - Bridget, recollect that
mans appearance, and if he ever comes
here again, shut the door in his face
Peck's SIM
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27

have had "A cancer on my face for some
years. extending from one cheek bone across
the ncse to the other IL has given me great
deal Of pain. 1T times burning and itching to
such au extent that il was almost unbearable.
commenced using Swifts Specific in May.
iSSI. and have used eight bottles. 1t has given
the greatest relief by removing the ini1amma-
tion and restoring my general health.
". BARNES.
Knoxville. Iowa. Sept. s. lss5.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-27
"A clerk in the Pane;on Oa;oa do

"A clerk in the Pension Office died
at Washington the other day, and il
was then discovered that he was en-
gagged to two prominent society ladies'.
One was Washington heiress, from
whom he had borrowed money without
giving notes. He willed all his proper.
q 70 the other girl. Washington Star.