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Year: 1879

be may be the prop and support of her d.


clining years,-the staff upon which she NAV
lean as she grows feebler and feebler, wearied
with the journey so nearly done. To bring
sunshine into her humble home, to free her
from the pangs of poverty, and to provide
her with the comforts and attentions which
the aged need; she feels she must have the
strong arm Of the youngest son. The Sec
retary of War has granted her petition, and
made honorable public mention of her. This
is the most he can do. We presume it is all
the Government Gun do. Even if it were
not all, it is not probable that Congress
could spare time from its consideration of


Jobs, grabs, subsidies, and Rebel claims to
give this obscure and poor old woman any
attention


The people, however, can do something
for her. If there is any sense Of patriotism
or of gratitude left,-if her great service is
held of any account will not be left to
want, and her few remaining years will bs
made comfortable. She is not a beggar, nor
does she come before the people asking any
favor The War has been closed nearly fif-
teen years, and she has gone on into old aga
without complaint. Now that she is too old
to work, and poverty is at her door, she has
simply, in true womanly way, asked the
Government to whom she has given her
eleven SONS that she may have back the
youngest, so that he may care for her. She
does not ask for o dollar. She makes no
complaint. She probably would not have
spoken at all had not poverty compelled her.
There ought to be thousands of people ready
to contribute small amount so thai she can
have comfortable home, and that her re-
naming days may be removed from any pos
sibility of suffering that money can avert.
We are squander1ng money in public and
private. We are constantly bestowiug char
ity upon less worthy parties. She does not
ask for anything but her son. All the more
should this Spartan mother who gave all she
could to her country, and who has given more
than any other woman did, be substantially
rewarded.
Year: 1879

4 TRUE BENEFACTOR TO THE COUNTRY.


We hear great deal Of fustian talked over
the services rendered to his country by this
or that politician, statesman, or soldier. We
lionize and eu1ogizo them. They bask in the
sunshine of popularity. They are courted
and petted. Wherever they go, they are the
centre Of admiring throngs. Their society is
sought for. Their praise is sung by the
poets. Honors are heaped upon them.
When they die we give them a gorgeous
funeral, and on their graves we pile up
pompous marble memorials. AS the years
60 on, we celebrate their anniversaries with
stately professions and festive surroundings.
Of the nameless and obscure heroes, how
ever, we hear only by accident. Great
services are rendered to the country by those
in obscurity, Of whom the country only hears
by accident; but it is rare even that accident
is sufficient to rescue them from obscurity
and make their names known. So they 20
down to their graves, and will slumber on
until the Great Assizes, when some of the
great heroes will appear very small, and these
humble and nameless ones will receive their
reward.


An accident has presented to the people of
the United States the name Of a woman who
*'hath done what she could +" for her coun-
try. The bitter pangs Of poverty compelled
her to tell her story in a modest way, and
that story shows q record OF which any
woman might be proud The simple nara
tive came to the Secretary of War in the
form of petition from Mrs. elizabeth Up
RIGHT, Of Butler County, Iowa. She sent
ten sons to the War. One Of them resigned.
sir OF them were honorably discharged, and
three of them were killed. The eleventh son.
the BENJAMIN Of the flock, was too young to
hght1n the War for the pressrvat tion of the
Union, but in 1873 enlisted as private in
the regular army, aud in 1878 was discharged
by reason OF the expiration of his term of
service. He Immediately re-enlisted, and is
now IN the service. His mother has reached
her I'D year, and is in poverty; therefore she
prays the Secretary of War that her last
and youngest son may be honorably dis
enlarged from the service, in order that
Year: 1879

The sennte passed yesterday by "a almost
unanimous vote the House bill on the Chi
nese subject which limits the number arriv-
ing on any one vessel to fifteen. The prin-
cipal amendments adopted provide that the
bill shall not apply to any vessel driven on
the coast by stress of weather, or to China
men who come to this country to get an
education provided they bring With them o
certificate to that effect from their own Gov
ernment- It is believed that the House will
concur in these amendments.
Year: 1879

The Vatican is showing signs Of worldly
wisdom. and an appreciation Of the virtues
Of expediency set forth BY St. PAU1. The
negotiations between it and the German
Government have taken more favorable
turn, the Papal authorities having admitted
that it is the duty Of priest to obey the
laws Of the country of which be is citizen,
SO far as civil matters, at least, are concerned
With this concession made,-one to which
P1us never would have consented,-the task
of reconcilement between the Church and
the State becomes easy.
Year: 1879

the humiliation of having their names made
public, there is every Incentive for good,
honest work. The conditions and sur
roundings Of the Cincinnati Festival are such
that the composer whose work is selected
will bo made famous. The Judges are thor
oughly competent for their work, and their
decision will be made strictly upon the mer-
its of each piece. Now let our composers
20 to work. Let us know where We stand in
musical comnosltion.
Year: 1879

THE POPE and THE GERMAN EMPIRE,


Some mouths ago, about the time Of the
second attempt on the life of the German
Emperor, it was announced that there would
be an effort to reconcile the differences be-
tween the German Empire and the Vatican,
on the basis of common hostility to CON-
munlsm. A dispatch from Roma now brings
the information that cordial letters have been
exchanged between the Pope and tbs Ger
man Emperor, which acqulesce in the desira-
bi1ity Of mutual concessions and general
reconciliation between the State and Church.
There is reason to believe that this good un-
derstanding will be definitely established;
that, on the side of the German Empire, the
FA1cK laws will be materially modified, and
that the Pope will accept the civil law in its
new shape, and instruct the Bishops and
clergy to conform to it, aud oct
in harmony with the civil authori-
ties Though BISMARCK is uudoubted-
1y hostile to the Ultramontanes, he is
still too much Of a diplomatist to fight two
formidable enemies at one time. Just now
the Socialists threaten the peace and welfare
OF the Empire, and it has been thought
necessary, in order to suppress every vestigs
of Socialism, to adopt laws which are equiv
a1ent to declaring state Of siege through
out the Empire. But there are many ill.,
fuential men in Germany who, without
having the slightest sympathy with the
Socialists, their aims, or their methods, are
still opposed to the gag-laws which Bis
MARCH approves. It is necessary, therefore,
to unite as many elements Of society, politics,
and the Church in support of the new regime
as possible; and it is undoubtedly this con-
sideration which has led to willingness on
the part Of the German Government to
modify its policy towards the Roman Church
in part, and to seek the aid Of the wide
spread and important influence Of the Vati-
can in the support Of the new Government
measures. The present Pope, on the other
hand, is not SO much disposed as was his
predecessor to hold out against the prog
ress of civil government, and is probably
inclined to meet BISMARCK halfway in rec
onciliation for the mutual benefit of Church
and State. It is better for the Vatiean that
its Bishops and priests in Germany should
be permitted to exercise full sacerdotal H.
fuence, even at the cost Of certain conces-
sions to the civil authorities, than to be con-
stantly embarrassed and harassed in their at
tempts at resistance. This new alliance will
be to the advantage Of both Church and
State, in so far as it may crush out the spirit
of Communism, but it will bea serious injury
to the German people if it shall insure the
passage aud enforcement of laws against lib
erty of speech and action that are more
repressive than the necessities Of the situa-
ton require. There is danger that BISMARCK
and the Pope may agree that neither the
strength of the Government nor the infn"
ence Of the Church will be lessened by laws
Of needless severity, and in this they may
both make serious mistake
Year: 1879

The latest adyices from Africa state the
British loss in the encounter with the zu1us
+o hare been 600 men. The force opposed
Ia them is stated to have been $4,000, but
this estimate is probably no more correct
than those which RESo's men made OF the
number of the Indians at the battle OF the
Year: 1879

Government The circumstances attending
this unavailing experiment are too fresh in
the public mind to need recounting by
way of reminder. The revolutionary as
saults made upon the constitutional prerog-
ativcs Of the Executive by both Houses of
m. present Congress are the last garncrings
of the rellcy Of conciliation; while disloy-
atty to the CobstltU... ion and the laws for
governing the people of the !on'teu 9'a'e'
Throughout all the realm was appa,,I" ~ III
the South.


Having wandered from our purpose at the
outset Of this article we now return to it,
with the rcmarl, that, amid the faithless of
the South, Mr. KEY has proved faithful to
the Government, and the unity, peace and
welfare of the entire country since he entered
upon his duties as a Cabinet Minister This
fact stands out in bold relief, and becomes
a sufficient justification for his selection to
fill an important trust in the Government.
Faithful, per Sc, he stands to-day in the
midst of n wreck of bad faith throughout
that section of the nation which he geo.
graphically represents, a proud monument
of manly integrity; friend of the Govern
ment without reserve launch supporter
of the laws; a defender of the Constitu-
tion rs an entirety, and contemner of the
bad faith which has been exhibited toward
the President in his sincere attempts at con-
ciliatiOn and restoration of good feeling and
good fellowship throughout the nation. lie
surveys the field in the midst of the dis
turbed condition of the country with philo-
sophie candor, and has no concealmcnt of
his aversion for the policy of the Demo-
cratic party rs presented in the present Con-
gress He stands by the Government with
unilinching devotion, and forms and ex-
presses his opinions without hesitation. He
has recently said in reference to the next
Presidency that unless there should be u
change in the feeling between the North
and South, General GRANT would surely be
the Republican nominee for President, and
he thought GRANT would be elected. Judge
KEY thought that if there was perfect tran
guilty in the country, and no threatened
disturbance then some other man like
SHERMAN could be elected He thought
that the political condition Of the country
would outweigh the financial issues, and,
therefore, the indications were all in favor
| of GRANT
Year: 1879

ONE Of the most iorcible and shrewdest
points of the many made against the Bour-
bons in the Presidents last veto message re-
sides in his allusion to the fact that no ne
cessty now exists for the enactment of new
election laws at this session of Congress.
No national elections to be affected thereby
will be held before the next regular session
of Congress, in December of this year. 1t
is therefore apparent that the time and
money expended by the Democrats in Con-
gress in futile attempts to repeal Or amend
those laws at this extra session are worse
than wasted.
Year: 1879

THERE was an earthquake in Georgia the
other day, and the surrounding Confederate
States were effected by the rcverberation
aud general disturbance of things to believe
that ZACH CHANDLER was making another
speech in the Senate.
Year: 1879

Is Senator MCDoNLDs bill to be over
slaughed by the new Bourbon caucus meas
ure? He proposes sweeping repeal Of all
the national election laws; but TnuuMAS
and his caucus followers propose TO prohibit
the execution Of these laws without repeal
ing them Senator McDoNALD's proposi-
tion is the more honorable and respectable
Of the two.
Year: 1879

WE had rated the Atlanta Constitution as
q courteous, gentlemanly journal, but it will
scarcely sustain that caste by its petty per-
sonalities and gratuitous blliugsgate. We
should regret to know that to be Demo-
crat involves the absolute necessity of being
blackguard.
Year: 1879

Now THE Charlotte Observer is convulsed
with grief Or something else because we re-
Gently published letter upon the situation
from Hon. A. S, WALLACE, Of South Caro-
lima. We are sorry for the OIsprcy, but
must beg to be permitted to continue the
conduct of THE REPUBLICAN in our own
way and for the public good
Year: 1879

To he Editor of The National Republican:


SIN: Have we any law that protects citizens
from the annoyance, tho positive distress Of
nocturnal barking dogs? Is this the normal
condition Of oil cities, or docs Washington alone
enjoy the uuenviahle reputation of maintain.
ing the horrid nuisance? l pause ior re-
ply,


Capitol Hill is Il delightful locality, and as a
residing place most agreeable barring the
whining ours that inrest the streets and back
wards and make night n torment and terror.
The man or woman who owns and keeps
whining barking cur is deficient of good sense
and an i'll ncighbor. If they cannot see the
necessity of abOlishing tho nuisance Lei others
do it for them. Ii there is no law, there are
rGvOlvcrS, and all afflicted should Use them, as
soon will be done by A SUFFERER.


OF what use are dogs in cities any way :?
Not one in fifty are worth the feeding We
know a neighborhood, and we know it by
sad experience these bright moonlight
| nights, where three dogs, two blacliand-
tan, and one skye terrier, manifest more
talent for making night hidcous and keep
ing whole community awake and in dis
| turbance, than we ever discovered in the
some patience with cats, for they get through
with their concerts and catCrWaullnS and
then 90 off about their business without
making a night of it; but take q dog who
has fallen in love with the music orhis own
voice and there is no end to his howings,
and when he has q companion or neighbor-


ing cur who acts IN concert he becomes es-
pccally emulous in his noisy efforts during
the liye.long night, for hepurpose of seeing
how large an area he can cover with wake
| fulness and discomfort. Usually we have
an adherence Of arsenic, but of late we have
come to the conclusion that great comfort
can be secured in this world by iudicious
use of it on dogs. We have no especial
aversion to dogs il they will retire at ten
o'clock and remain like decent people, in
quiet, until the sun calls them forth to dog
matte duty. We may refer TO this matter
again, but that depends upon the dogs.
Year: 1879

A number of desirable rooms to
let at No. Third street. The loca-
tion is accessible and desirable
from every standpoint. The neigh
borhood is good and the house is
barely five minutes walk from the
Court House.
Year: 1879

Did you ever lose your watch, or
have it stolen, and wish you had
taken the precaution to make a
memorandum of the makers name
and number? Tullis, the watch
maker, gives correct written de.
scription with every watch re-
paired.
Year: 1879

An article is going the rounds of
the press headed "Abuse of Tobac-
CO." There is no help for it. To-
bacco must take its share of the
abuse, if it isn't strong enough to
take care of itself.
Year: 1879

Tho Germantown Telegraph, in an article on the milk business, calls at- tention to the vast sewing that would be effected by the condensation of milk. Nine gallons out of every ten of milk is mere water, as}it comes direct from the COW without any additions from the pump. The transportation of the arti- Gle IS costly and the expense is there fore ninety per cent. more tban it would be If the milk was condensed on the farm that produces it, or factory estab- llshed for the purpose. The system has been established out West, and spoon- full of the condensed milk with ten of water produces 8 far better article than IS supplied to those who are served with what IS called pure milk at home. The dalryman receives very little for his milk, the six, or eight, or ten cents quart demanded by the milk agent qo- ing mostly into the pockets of the latter. leaving not more than two or three cents for the producer. The milkmen have to provide cans, which, being handled by men accustomed to smashing baggage. do not last long and it requires a man With horse and wagon to serve one or two customers; so that, although their profits are large, they seldom grow rich. 1t must also be considered that the con- densation would prevent any loss from milk souring and being returned to the producers-a dead loss after the pay ment of transportation expenses. The cheese factory system has, in the dis tricts where it has been established. frightened the troubles of tie tlairymen-; put tho manufacture and general use of condensed milk would be an etfectual cure. In London condensed milk has become so popular that it has driven the natural article out of the market. A most remarkable fact is that the arti. Gle popular there is not British article. but IS put up in Switzerland. With this example before them, the dairymen of this section should be warned of the dan ger that the Western condensed milk may drive the produce of their dairies out of the market. The English milk producers have had their eyes opened, and are about to establish condensing factories, so as to avoid the loss of their entire milk trade. The present system IS so wasteful, and therefore expensive to the consumers, that @ remedy should be adopted.
Year: 1879

Tortured in every joint with infammatory rheumatism, is prospect which may become melancholy fact if the twingcs of the dread disorder arc not checked at the outset. Per sons of u rheumatic tendency find Hostetter's Stomach Bitters useful remedy, nor do they encounter the risk in using it they do from resorting to that active poison Colchicunl, which is often employed to arrest the malady. The use of the Bittors is equally as effective in its results aud is attended with no risk. There is ample testimony to prove that the medicine possesses blood depurutipg qualities of no common order, besides those of u tonic and general altcrativc. It stimulates the action of the kidneys and promotes the re- moval from the system of impurities which develop disease and are fraught with serious danger. Fever and ague, dyspepsia, debility, nervousness, constipation, &c., are rcmcdied by it.
Year: 1879

Griswold, the "Fat Contributor, " loves joke, even at his own expense In the olden time when in the lecture field nothing would please him better than to have slim house occasionally that he might get off his joke. On such occasions he would take his place on the rostrum, and very soberly and thought fully say: In some places that I visit my audience is disappointed of the size of the speaker. In return the speaker would say that he is sometimes disap- pointed in the size of his audience. "- Hartford Su,,day Journal.
Year: 1879

Those who happened to be in the Bos.

 ton X Providence depot at o'clock yes.

 terday afternoon witnesseda sight which

 caused many to feel sad. At that time

 there came plodding into the station an

 old man not less than 60 years of age,

 barefoot, bareheaded, and in fact with nothing on but pair of well-worn over- alls, which reached nearly to his knees, and thin white shirt which was thrown open in front. With the unfortunate man was a small child, warmly clad, which he seemed to take great care of. On entering the depot he went into the gents waiting-room where he placed the child near the stove, while he pro- ceeded to purchase ticket. After buy ing his ticket he took a seat near the child, and was soon surrounded by a large crowd. One gentleman, anxious to see if the man was in need of money asked him why he was so poorly clad. To this question at first he seemed not inclined to reply, buthe finally said that ill his early days he had been very wicked, and that he was now punishing himself for it by going in an almost naked condition. He further stated that his intentions were to go in that condition during the remainder of the winter. At this point he took the child which &C., companied him by the hand and boarded the 4:3O train on the N. Y. X N. D. Rail road for Berlin. A gentleman present who seemed to know, informed those who collected about him that the oldfel- low was really worth considerable money, he being the owner of three houses on Smiths Hill, and small farm ear Ber- lin, Conn. Providence Journal
Year: 1879

so that he might be buried by the side of his ancestors; the second, that he might bid his beloved brother-in-law farewell before giving up the ghost. Abdul Hamid could hardly have declined granting both requests to the moribund, who thus found his way back to the Palace, and three days after was Vizier again, and in excellent health.
Year: 1879

The Hartford ISnes says: Several years ago manufacturer from town near Hartford called at a bank in this city for a certain amount of currency for his payroll. The amount desired was made up for him by tue teller, and he started for home by the cars. A few days afterward this out-of-town man ap- peared at the bank and claimed that hls package of money was $100 short. The Cashier asked the teller how his cash was, and referring to his blotter, he re- ported all right. The Cashier disputed the teller's statement, and after consid- erable talk to the young man, told him to give the customer $10O, which he took and again departed. The teller was severely reprimanded for his care lessness, if not dishonesty, and the mat ter was brought before the directors in way to reflect upon the integrity of the clerk. The manufacturer again en- tered the bank one day and threw a roll of bills on the counter and said to the one in charge, "There's $lOO that be- longs here. Before being asked for an explanation he said that he had just discovered that the teller's count of the unfortunate money package was correct. The day when he took the package he opened it on the cars and loaned a friend $lOO, transaction he had entirely for gotten until the borrower came to pay. Of course, this set the banks cash ac- count all right, and should have exon- erated the teller in the eyes of the direc- tors, but that clerk always claimed that the Cashier forgot to report the explana- tion of the shortage to the board.
Year: 1879

HOTEL accommodations for travellers are of the greatest impor tance to persons who have to move about the country on business. "Just where to go" is what every man wants to know when he leaves home. The Grand Central Hotel ill New York, on Broadway. is a very popular resort because the attendance there is prompt and satisfactory. The table and every thing is of the best, the charges $2.50 and $3 per day, and the management complete.
Year: 1879

Many people are just like the globe
they inhabit-slightly fiat at the polls.


A schooner's crew resemble the bakers
of ship bread, when they make hard
tack.


"No man can lounge into success
intimates a shrewd writer. Sofa as our
observation has gone, he is entirely cor
rect.


When a fish is out of water he is very
soon out of breath. h.-Nea0 HaVen Re-
gister. Weighed in his own scales and
found wanting.


We relented last evening and raised
nickel for the tramp that solemnly as
severated there had been time when
life was perennial oasis to him, but
since the war he had lost everything
except his appetite.


Miss Beatrice Skiddy, so young and
30 giddy, fell in love with MILDLY, but
whatever he did, he didn't reciprocate,
because his Cousin Kate had long been
his " all in ALL" The continuation of
this absorbing story of passion and pre-
ference can be found in the left hand
breast pocket of Algernon Fitz-Fangle's
spouted surtout.-NeaO York NeaCS.