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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-24

representative audience greeted the "West
End Minstrelsna well'known local organlza-
tion, at the Bijou last night. the occasion be-
tan Boat Club. Besides the brilliant array OF
burnt cork artists, the inlmitable Tim Murphy
contributed several Of his popular limitations.
charge ofMr. s, w. Keene, and IN every way a
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-24
ADJUSTMENTS.


1.-THE Mikndo' excitement at the New Ma.
tional continues unabated. A crowded house
is a nightly occurrence. Next week. the Nc.
Caull Company's greatest success, "The Black
Hussar," for which the sale OF seats commences
ta-1av
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-24
BUSINESS CHANCEs:

EoR sALE-FINE BARRooM, LARGE
II pool room three tables); rent low; terms,
extending years; fine business locality; rare
chance for any person desiring TO engage in
the liquor business. For further particulars
NV. jel elm
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-24

CENTRE COLLEGE (Kentuckyl, at It's recent
commencement, conferred the degree OF LL ID.
This institution numbers among her alumni in
this city Justice Harlan, Senators Vest and
Blackburn, Representatives Breckenridge, Nc
Creary, Martin, Rogers and Assistant Post
master General Stevenson.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-24
BOARDING.
PERsONAL COMFORT.

NoRNs, &o.-"THE WISE FOR HEALTH
" on daily walks depend" and Thousands
DIR, WHITE Il SON, FOOT SPECIALISTS,
l4l6 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington aud
ii North Eutaw st., Baltimore. for relief from
and avoidance Of corns, bunions diseased
nails and other foot ailments. Fortieth year
Of practice. u a sitting
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-24

N1Sse W. II. WHEATLEY's DYE WORKS
HSS Established 1887. Judging from past
so great that 1t will bo impossible to get skilled
workmen enough to do 1t as promptly as de-
sired. Our many patrons will consult their
own interests, and do us great favor by send
ing In their fall and winter garments imme-
diately, or during the summer months, TO be
cleaned or dyed, as desired. Work received
and delivered at residence upon notice by
postal or at the office, l06S Jefferson street,
Georgetown, d. @. ie3.3m
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-24
THE NEW POST BUILDING.

j VI" NE" 'o't DoD'
FOR RENT-studios, onices, and Lodge or
Society Rooms There are yet vacant In the
New Post Building some well-lighted rooms,
suitable for Lodges and Societies.
Also, several welllighted rooms eligible
for Artists Studios; also, two rooms fitted for
light manufacturing, with or without steam
power. Otis elevator runs day and night. APP
ply at Post Counting Room.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-24
TOST ANn FOUNn.

T osT-oN JUNE %, ABOUT 8 O'CLOCK
IL p. m, q pOoketbOok containing from S2S
10 $40, on Pa. ave. car. The owners name,
Drusa Maryman, Is on a card In the pocket
book. The finder will receive u suitable re-
ward II returned to 705 Is st. 8. Il. 9-26
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-24
For SALE

TNoR SALE-2 7.RoOM HOUSES ON RHODE
IL Island ave. N. W.; first class Investment.
Price, s2,250 each. Inquire ll35 N. J. ave. N.
w, $50
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WdNTEn---HOU0ER.
WANTED---ROO1rs.

ITANTED-2 COMMUNICATING FUR
w nlshed rooms, or part of furnished house;
on ID floor; location northwest; references
exchanged. Address B. X. Republican oliice.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-24

CT n-ToRoNTo CANADA.
80 1O EXCURSION,
Via Pennsylvania RaIlroad) by
NELSON DIVISION, No. 2, KNIGHTS OF
PYTHIAS.
Tickets Ten Dollars Round Trip, Good for
Thirty Days.
Tickets and sleepers can be had Of
HalvOr Nelson, GIG st. N. w.
N. Bunch, 31i Sth ST. N. W.
G. w. Heisley, 42l 10Th 81. N, w.
j. r. Smith, b. Il p. Depot.
w. II. Turner, 620 D ST. s. w.
W. s. Thompson, 703 10Th st,
Milburn's Pharmacy, 1920 Pa. ave.
Entwisle 4 Co., 1911 Pa. ave.
seheller & Stevens (Drew's old stand), 90l
and b05 Pa. ave,
q d. Gilman, G27 Pa. ave., and Belvedero
Hotel, Sd and Pa. ave.
Samuel Slater, 101 II st. N, w,
w. s. Griffith, Government Printing Office.
M ARSHALL HALL.
STEAMER W. W. CoRCoRAN
win make daily excursions 10 Marshall Hall
and Gymont, leaving at 10 a. m. arriving a.
Washington at p. m. The Old Manor House
at Marshall Hall fitted up with elegant recep~
tion rooms for ladies and gentlemen, and
meals served a Ia carte.
Fruit, milk, ice ice cream, and lunch sup
piled excursonists.
Fare for round trip 25 cents.
On Sundays the boat will make two trips TO
Marshall Hail. Leaving at 10 L. m. and $50
p m. Returning at / and 8 p. m.
Fare round trip % cents.
my6-6m
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-24
WANrED-EMPEOYMENr.
WANTED---HELP,

wv TANTED-A AT 1928 # ST. N. W. A RE.
w liable ana intelligent young man of
pleasing address to learn the drug business.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
ENDURANCE AT SEA.
Tenacity of Human Life as Exhibited in
Marine Disasters.

Marine Disasters.
In recently published book Clark
Russell gives some remarkable in
stances of human endurance at sea,
and one of the most interesting relates
to an Arab seaman who lived without
either food or water for eighteen DAYS
during which time he drifted upward
of five hundred miles in an empty tank
before striking the coast. Another in
stance of the tenacity of human life is
exhibited in the account of the loss CT
a vessel called the Sally. The Sally
was struck one morning by heavy
squat. She lay over till her decks
were up and down, and in this posture
remained for about five minutes, and
then turned keel upward.
Five of her crew We're drowned the
remainder, six in all, got hold of a
spar that was floating alongside, and
by means of it contrived to crawl
on to the vessels bilge. The main.
mast coming up, they removed an
iron hoop from it, with which and a
bolt of foot long they went to work
to penetrate the hull, in the hope OF
obtaining food and drink. She had
been lately cleaned, and there were no
barnacles on her for the poor fellows
to stay themselves with, and thus. in
probably the most awful situation that
can be imagined, without meat, drink
or sleep, not daring to lie down for
fear of falling off the vessel, did these
unhappy seamen 90 on hacking and
scraping at the hard wood for six days,
during which time one man died raving
for drink.
On the sixth day they had made a
hole big enough to enable them to come
at barrel of bottled beer. On the
eleventh day they got barrel of pork,
which they ate raw. With slaves and
shingles used as dunnage, which they
obtained out of the hole they had made,
they manufactured platform, and so
managed to obtain some rest. SO mat
tiers went on for fourteen days, and
they We're then picked up by brig
named the Norwich.
Sailors are of opinion, says Mr.. Rus
SELL that if it were not for the feeding
qualities of the ocean air, they would
scarcely he able to keep body and soul
together upon the bad pork, beef, bis
cult and peas which, in many sailing
ships, are served ont to them; nor
would any man be willing to challenge
the sailors theory after examining the
mahogany-like Jumps of stuff with
which the beef-tierces are filled, and
the leaden pellets which do duty for
peas in the forecastle soup Cincta-
natl Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
IN COUNTY CORK.
The True Irishman the Most Approachable
of Human Beings.

The True Irishman the Most Approachable
of Human Beings.
The diet of the Irishman in this part
of the country is. of course, potatoes
and milk. As he himself puts it, he
has potatoes twenty-one times week.
In the event of blight, such as the
historic one, the result in certain parts
of Ireland could scarcely be less disas-
trous than at any former period. If
one may judge by the physique of its
consumers, the diet requires no recon-
mendation of the medical faculty, for
more stalwart race it would be diff
cult to find. In this corner of the
country so long preserved" we
should expect to find the natural Irish
man, and we certainly found him. The
native Irish is almost universally
spoken. but at the same time the ma
jority of the younger generation speak
English with brogue of the most eX-
Guisite flavor. Here, also, we have the
lrishman in the typical attire to which
caricaturists have accustomed us. To
the visitor from the other island, it is
tludicrous picture to see him in tall hat,
!blue-tailed coat and knee-breeches at
work in his wretched plot, like phi
losopher out for little recreation. 1t
is not so much the style of his gar
ments, however, that makes his pictur-
esqueness; it is their positively miracu
lOus raggedness. We feel that
this raggedness has quite passed
the stage of disreputability. and has
actually become ornamentation. But
it is, above all, the hat that fixes the at
tention. We have often closely in
spectcd it and our wonder never
ceased how, in the course of II single
life, any hat, however wcather-beaten
and however brutally used, could at
tain that pre-Adamite look. 1t is the
great charm of travel in Ireland that
one can become acquainted with its
people in so short time and on such
easy terms The Irishman is the most
approachable of human beings, and as
the very Irishman the stranger wishes
to know is in most cases his own lord
and master, intercourse is thus made
doubly easy. If in the course of u
solitary walk you should desire the
solace of n little conversation, you have
but to take your seat on one of the
turf walls that form the fences in these
parts of the country. If you are u
smoker and produce your pipe, you
will present an additional inducement.
Before you are well seated you will be
saluted with: "a fine day, sir, God be
praisedr' and u careless figure will be
seen approaching with spade or pick
axe over his shoulder. Sharing your
tobacco with him. it will remain with
yourself to conclude the interview.
Before ten minutes have passed you
will have had the outlines of his family
history and his views on things in
general, not even excepting his priest.
At the end of as many hours CONVEX
sation as you please he will speed you
on your way with u fervent "God pre-
serve you longH' and part with you as
if you had been his lifelong friend
Chambers Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
Patient Little Animals.

The powers Of a Cuban pony are re.
markable. He will make from sixty to
eighty miles day in n continuous jog
or half rack, so easy to the rider that a
glass of water could be carried in the
hand all that distance and not drop
spilled. For rest the Cuban pony never
halts to walk. He simply changes
from his swift gait into what is here
called Il march, which is much more
rapid than the walk OF the fastest Amer
lean horse. He is absolutely proof to
fatigue, of diet spare and slight" and
he is the truest, most patient little
animal in the whole world, whether
his owner is man or brute.-Cor.
Chicago NelOs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
FASHION NOTES.
Feminine Fancies Whose Popularity Prom
ises to Become General.

A novelty in mitts is the revival of
the old-time netted embroidered goods.
Very pretty fichus of muslin gauze
or Grape are now being prepared for
summer toilets to wear by way of man
tie with elegant toilets.
The Richelieu shoe of dull-black or
bronze kid is worn this summer with
the plain-colored silk or thread stock
ing. 1t has a plain bow of black or
brown faille ribbon, laid fiat over the
instep without any buckle.
Among the novelties in hat trimmings
are the plume aigrettes which are shown
in all solid colors end also in parti.
colored feathers. Pearl nail heads
and carved ivory rosary beads are
among the latest importation Amber,
andre irtSe, or iridescent amber, ruby
and garnet are the popular seasonable
beads.
novelty in the way of a parasol has
tips that curve outward and upward
when the parasol is spread. Another
style has the ribs of irregular lengths,
those on two opposite sides much
shorter than the others, giving the top
when spread the shape of an oblong
square. 1t is heavily edged with lace
and lined with fancy silk if the outside
is in colors, or it may be white
altogether.
Skirts are draped in various ways over
plain or plated petticoats. For in
stances, skirt of plain yelling is draped
behind and plated on each side, open
ing in front over a petticoat embroid.
cred in silk and beads. Another is OF
open-work beige tissue draped upwtk
pretty passementerie fastenings, over a
plated petticoat of brown silk. A skirt
of plain blush gray Grape falls in full
double plaits oyer a petticoat of baya-
dere striped yelling The Grape skirt
opens in front to show the petticoat,
which also comes below the edge.
Again, another skirt is of wooden gui-
pure, draped over skirt of French
MORE.
A very unique but elegant costume
is of tabac-colored wooden canvas.
The skirt, loose and ample, is looped
up at the side and slightly draped up
behind, over an underskirt of gros
grain silk, striped red and dark green,
with fine streaks of gold-yellow between.
The bodice is made blouse fashion, OF
the same canvas tissue as the skirt; il
comes down lower than the waist and
fastens with a bayadere sash of silk
galloon to match the underskirt. This
bodice is open in a round shape over a
chemisette of the striped silk. A very
narrow frili of this same silk is put on
Just inside the edge of the sleeves. -
a. Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
WOuLD-BE KINGS.
Pretenders to the Thrones of Sweden and
Norway and Denmark.

Norway and Denmark.
Sweden and Denmark are both at
present 5esieged by pretenders to this
throne. One in the Swedish province
of East Cortland claims to be the I'M
fortunate Prince Gastaf, elder brother
of the reigning King who, in the be-
ginning of this century, while at field
maneuvre in Skone, suddenly fell
from his horse and died. 1t is to this
day believed by large portion of the
peasants that Prince Gustaf did not
die, but was carried off to Norway be-
cause of his intention to marry girl
of humble birth. Having succeeded in
escaping, he let his bead grow and
went to Italy. where, under the name
of Garibaldi, he effected the liberation
of that country. He is. however, not
dead, but will come and be the King
of the Swedes! So much for the Swed-
ish pretender.
The Danish one has just turned up.
There has arrived in Copenhagen from
tStettin two men, father and son, the
former sixty and the latter twenty-one
years old, with trunk loaded with
papers and documents to prove that
they are the direct descendants of the
house of Oldenburg, and to show that
if at the death of friedrich VII. they
had possessed these documents they
could have'proved their exclusive right
to the throne. They both bear the orig
inal name of the house of Gluckburg
Beck, and went the day after their ar
rival to the master of ceremonies to
seek an audience with the King. They
were directed to seek it through the
German Ambassador, being German
subjects. The Embassy. after some
parley, did not act, and the pretenders
tried themselves to obtain an audience
to suggest that their claims-which
are attested by the highest German
authorities-.may be subjected to a
thorough scrutiny. To begin with,
they can claim an inheritance of 2, $780,
900 marks with which to carry on the
case. They then applied to the Stettin
authorities for Recommendation to the
German Council of the Legation.
Neither of the two men looks as an
adventurer. The older is tall and
slender, with an aristocratic bearing
and youthful and winning manners.
His features are in an amazing degree
like those of the late Russian Gar, so
much so that any one who has seen the
Cars picture is struck with the re-
semblance. The older of the two
gentlemen has passed the greater part
of his time in researches among the
archives and collections in Copenhagen.
Whole nights he studied his family his
tory, but he always WAS stopped at a
vanished child. After fifteen years of
labor he has to his full satisfaction
proved that he is grandson's grandson
of this vanished child. Besides, he has
In his possession armorial and other
precious things to strengthen his claims.
The young Beck bears astrong resemb-
lance to Prince Waldemar. and his ac-
guaintance with the affairs of the
House of Oldenburg is said to be the
most astonishing. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
a Remarkable Bird.

A well-known centenarian hss Just
died in Paris. His name was Lenoir.
and he was one hundred and three years
old. Lcnoir was 4 parrot. lie was
born in the reign of Louis Seize. and
never quilted the house where he first
saw the light, having been handed down
by willto the different owners of the
house. Lenoir was Il capital talker, and
knew Il number of phrases, which he
often brought out Bial q prop0S. Since
the reign of Charles X. there was II
good deal of difficulty in getting the
bird to learn any thing new. However,
II servant with Radical sympathies
taught him in few weeks to say; give
Gambetta!" This he occasionally varied
with "a bas Robespierrcr' which he
had been accustomed to say during the
Reign of Terror. The last words of
this remarkable bird were, it appears;
"Grace pour Marie Antoinette. IN Y.
Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

There is danger in some of the
patent hair-dyes, and hence the Sci
entifc american offers what is known
MS the walnut hair-dye. The simplest
form is the expressed juice of the bark
or shell of green walnuts. To preserve
the juice little alcohol is commonly
added to it with few bruised cloves,
and the whole digested together, with
occasional agitation, for week or fort
night, when the clear portion is de-
canted and, if necessary, filtered.
Sometimes little common salt is
added with the same intention. 1t
should be kept in Il cool place. The
most convenient way Of application is
by means of a sponge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

Alaska has been having touch Of
the labor-trouble fever. The carpenters
and mechanics of Sitka presented II
petition to Judge Dawson deprecating
the plan of one Heaton, missionary
under salary from the Government,
who competed with contractors for the
construction of new buildings at fig
ure too low for allowing living wages,
proposing to employ 'edian boys from
hi7 school.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03
paw for that wine we had

-"Did pay for that wine we had
last night, landlord" asked Crimson
.beak. coming down one morning with
his head tied up in Il towel. ''Why.
you ought to know, Mr.. Crimsonbeak. "
replied bystander, jokingly. "Well, "
said Crimsonbeak, 81 consulted my
pocketbook and it seemed to say that |
did. but when / consulted my head l
came to the conclusion that | was pay
ing for it this morning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

This is the style in which the Deni-
son (Tex.) Ncl0s described two of the
young bloods of that town ut n ball:
"Walter Nevins wore n polka-dot tie,
and Jim Simpson was just .oo-utterly-
too-too for anything.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

Railroad life in Europe is gradually
taking on improvements. Sleeping-cars
have been running for some years on
the through lines between the great
cities on the continent, and restaurant
cars are NOW beginning to appear.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

Before putting away dark furs they
may be cleaned by rubbing them with
hot bran. 1t should be rubbed in with
the hand. The fur should be we'll
brushed afterward to remove all par
ticles of dust. -Erchange.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

"A contemporary thinks that spring
poetry would be missed like spring
greens. Well, what are the poets but
spring green's anyway?-BostoH Tran
scriJL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

"A white laundry failed few days
ago in Liverpool, Cal, and the pro-
prietor of a Chinese concern celebrated
the event ST hosting the american
flag.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-03

There were twenty-seven bridal
couples at one Washington hotel few
days ago !
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-27
AN ABORIGINAL ARROWHEAD.
What Jig-SaW Found in a ma
hogany Tree.
From the Neao Orleans Picavune

from the AS1c orleans ftcdBhHc'
On Monday, at the steam carpentry and
joinery establishment of Muir Il From
herr, a somewhat interesting discovery
was made. One OF the wOrkmen was pre-
siding over jig-saw, which was eating
its way with great velocity through a
mahogany log, which is to be wrought
into an elaborate handrail for stairway
in the new building in course OF erection
Tor the New Orleans Ma ional Bank, A
lig-saw is a long and thin band OF eN-
tremelv elastic steel, serated on one cage
with fine, sharp teeth. 1t is worked at a
high rate of speed and is used for saving
around curves. 1t is SO sharp and moves
with such rapidity that when III full career
1t Will cut through anything.
When this saw was at work on the ma
hogany log yesterday, the attendant was
suddenly startled by a stream OF fiery
sparks that issued from the timber, while
the saw changed its voice from the bari
tone buzz which is its usual music, to
shrill metallic soprano. This change
lasted only for minute, for its accustom-
ed buzz was soon recommended The saw
was stopped, however. and an inspection
OF the wood made. Then it was found
steel bar had been cut through clean and
smooth, as If ii had been a pine stick.
When the timber was split open for fur
CnSI SAdlulHdLIOu IneTe was louHQ
imbedded in the log a steel spear head,
for it is more like one than anything
else, three inches long, an inch and three
quarters wide at the base and running To a
point. 1t is three-eightns of an inch thick
along the central axis, but has "a double
bevel on each side running TO sharp
edges like the point Of a doUble-edged
knife. This blade is externally corroded
by the action Of the juices of the tree, but
otherwise IN perfect condition as to the
metal which is bright and solid where
the saw passed through it. The base is
broken Oft square across with a Jagged
fracture, and from the shape and suuct-
ure OF the blade 1t must have been fully
twice as long before it was broken.
The question Is asked, WHAT is it.? Some
| persons suppose it to be an arrow head
sh0t by some aboriginal savage and bury
ing itself in the wood. SOAe imaginative
persons have even seen in the metal
| Spanish lanCe-head OF the time of the con-
! quest, when, mayhap, mounted cava-
! ller, charging at a red foe, transtixed him
against tree, in which the spear point
| broke. The mahogany tree came from the
! forests OF Central America, and the
! imagination might weave wild dreams
OF the aboriginal South and the adj
vent OF the daring Spaniards. A strictly
practical mind, however, suggests that
the metal is nothing more than wedge
| driven into the log to tow it by. The
! wedge may have mad ring at its outer
end, in which to insert hook OF tie rope,
| This one broke of and could not be with
| drawn, as it should have been. But what
| ever may be tue truth of the story, the
reader can take his cnoice and believe as
! he chooses.