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f. THE NATIOKAL TBIBUNE: WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 12, 1881. 7 i r. For The National TniuuNK. ONE GOLDEN TRESS. One golden tress A dead caress That oft' my checks have known In other days, When fortune's rays More brightly o'er me shone ! "Twas hers 'tis mine. Trove's light divine Still lingers on each thread, And comfort brings "While mcm'ry flings Her mantle o'er the dead. 'Twas hers; but now 'Tis mine. The vow, Of which it is a token, Was sacred kept "While troubles slept; "When they awoke, 'twas broken. Uutyct, my heait, Though forced to pai t With all those fond caresses That once she gave, Heniains the slave Of one of her bright tresses. And though 'tis past Hope's dream at last. And joy from me hath parted, I cannot chide , ly promised bride "Who left me broken-hearted. This golden tress A dead caress I cherish even yet. Though faithless she, -' 'Tis love's decree My heart may not forget. 1 Gkif. THE DUTCH CAPTAIN'S DEVICE. "Sail on the starboard bow! " "What is she?" asked Captain Martin Pieters zoon, looking anxiously in that direction ; for in the Eastern seas, two hundred years ago, every strange sail was a terror to the captain of a well ladened Dutch merchantman. " Can't quite make her out yet," answered the lookout at the mast head. "Looks like a brigantine very rakish cut, altogether." The captain's face darkened and his lips tightened. They tightened still more a few minutes later, when the lookout hailed again, " She's an armed brigantine, bear ing right down upon us." Every face among the crew seemed to harden suddenly, but no one spoke. Indeed, what need was thereof words? All on board understood in a moment what was before them. They were about to be attacked by pirates ; and there was not a single cannon, not even an old musket, aboard the vessel. It was a terrible moment for them all, more terrible still for the poor captain. For years he had been toiling and saving, bearing every kind of hardship and facing every kind of danger until he had made money enough to become part owner of the ship that he commanded. He had made three successful trips in her. and was now going home for good, to settle himself in a snug lit tle house on the great canal at Amsterdam, with rosy-cheeked Gredel Yoort, his old neigh bor's only daughter, for his wife. And now, all i a " fmwl himself face to face with a hiJjoaf t .. of U be hud in th llfce crew stood pimchin -veemt t. . jjhi v lr . ? like the wings of ich thr a . tuit-d w i his ii h iSS l-p w a swan, a jicIha. beauty, though it brought death along with it. Some of the bolder spirits were beginning to mutter to each other that it would be better to set fire to their own ship and die like men than to be flung into the sea like dogs, when the cap Tain's gloomy face suddenly lighted up as nobody j had ever seen it light up yet, and he burst into such a loud, hearty laugh that the doomed men stood amazed to hear him. "Cher up, lads," he j cried, still laughing. "All's not over with us yet. Come, knock the head out of that cask of butter, and smear the deck with it. Sharp now!" The men onty stared blankly at him, thinking he had gone mad; and even the stolid mate opened his heavy nlouth in amazement. "Do you hear?" shouted the captain. "Look sharp, will you? There is no time to lose Grease the whole deck, fore and aft, and the rigging, too, as i high as you can reach, well give the rascals a slippery job of it, anyhow."5 Then the sailors began to understand : and the Fhout of laughter that broke forth would have I mightily astonished the pirates, had they been j within hearing:. In a twinkling the deck was i greased until it fairly shone, bulwarks and all. "Now, boys," cried the captain, "on with your e4i-loots, and put sand on the soles to keen you from slipping, and then each of you take a hand spike and be ready." The pirate was now so near that they could see plainly the rabble of gaunt, sinewy Malays, woolly-headed negroes, and sallow, black-haired Portuguese that crowded her decks. A few min utes more, and she ran alongside; and almost before the two vessels had touched, three wild figures leaped from the pirate's rigging upon the Miercbantnian's deck. But it was a very unlucky jump for all three. The first man spun across the slippery deck as if it fiad been a skating rink, and went right out on the other side. The second tumbled head foremost down the hatch way into the cook's gallery, where the black cook considerately piled a heap of iron pans on him to keep him quiet. ".Aha. Massa Pirate," .-.aid he, grinning, "disship no de 'Flying Hutch man,' him de Sliding Dutchman !" Tlie third pirate had leaped on board as fiercely as if he meant to kill the whole crew at one blow; but the only man he hurt was himself, for In1 hit his head such a whack against the mast that he almost knocked his brains out, and fell down roaring with pain. All this so frightened the other pirates that they thought the ship must be bewitched, and rushing back to their vessel uith a howl of dismay, made oft" as fast as possi ble. For many years after, one of the familiar eights of Amsterdam was a portly old gentleman with a jolly red face, at sight of which the boys vt-ed to begin singing : "Captain Martin Pieterbooii Made hts .ship a buttered bun." And his wife was never tired of showing the huge silver butter-dish presented to him in honor of his repulse of the pirate with a cask of butter. J avid Kcr in Harper's Young People. All trades are good to good traders. DEATH OF JULIUS CvESAR. I The first assassination that shook the world , 'Caesar's leaves few details, but these few are ' thrilling as the victorious moment in battle. Caesar s life had been one of the most A-alorous in n age when valor was the pride of a nation. His teath was equal to his life. He had many warn ings, but refused to retain existence at tlie price of constant suspicion and guarding. Caesar's ene mies had made pretended contrition for their re bellion and treachery after his conquest' of Pom pey. The question of the kingship was over; but a va-uc alarm had been created, which answered the purpose of the optimates. Civsar was at their mercy any day. They had sworn to maintain all liis acts. They had sworn, after Cicero's speech, individually and collectively to defend his life. Ciesar, whether he believed them sincere or not, had taken them at their word, and came daily to the Senate unarmed and without a guard. He had a protection in the people. If the optimates killed him without preparation, lhe3r knew that they would be immediately massacred. But an atmosphere of suspicion and uncertainty had been successfully generated, of which they determined to take immediate advantage. There were no troops in the city. Lepidus, Caesar's master of the horse, who had been appointed Governor of Gaul, was outside the gates, with a few cohorts; but Lepidus was a person of feeble character and they trusted to be able to deal with him. Thus the ides of March drew near. Caesar was to set out in a few days for Parthia. Decinius Brutus was going as Governor to the north of Italy, Lepidus to Gaul, Marcus Brutus to Mace donia and Trebonius to Asia Minor. Antony, Caesar's colleague in the Consulship, was to re main in Italy. Dolabella, Cicero's son-in-law, was to be Consul with him as soon as Caesar should have left for the East. The foreign ap pointments were all made for five years, and in another week the party would be scattered. The time for action had come, if action there was to be. Papers were dropped in Brutus's room bid ding him awake from his sleep. On the statue of Junius Brutus some hot republican wrote: " "Would that thou wast alive!" The assassina? tion in itself was easy, for Caesar would take no precautions. So portentous an intention could not be kept entirely secret ; many friends warned him to beware, but he disdained too heartily the worst that his enemies could do to him to vex himself with thinking of them and he forbade the subject to be mentioned any more in his pres ence. Portents, prophecies, soothsavings, fright- ful aspects in the sacrifices, natural growths of - v i v- alarm and excitement, were equally vain. "Am I to be frightened," he said, in answer to some report of the haruspices, "because a sheep is without a heart? " An important meeting of the Senate had been called for the ides (the loth) of the month. The Pontifices, it was whispered, intended to bring on again the question of the kingship before Caesar's departure. The occasion would be appropriate. The Senate house itself was a convenient scene of operations. The conspirators met at supper the evening; before at Cassius's house. Cicero, to hjg regret . not nviunl. Tin pl..n -- ?iraple ,rid was lapid'y ana 7. Caesar would attend fheSfna. in the Sdr.'et would ' . ho intei"If. ' t - il."h ... ,: i wru. tviliu 0 ' 'It r I. i- jJL. 0.vCCr So far all was simple : but a question rose whether Caesar only was to be killed, or whether Antony and Lepidus were to be dispatched along with him. They decided that Caesar's death would be sufficient. To spill blood without necessity would mar, it was thought, the sublimity of their ex ploit. Some of them liked Antony. None sup posed that either he or Lepidus would be dan gerous when Caesar was gone. In this resolution Cicero thought that they made a fatal mistake ; fine emotions were good in their place, in the perorations of speeches and such like; Antony, as Cicero admitted, had been signally kind to him: but the killing Caesar was a serious business, and his friends should have died along with him. It was determined otherwise. Antony and Lepidus were not to be touched. For the rest the assas sins had merely to be in their places in the Senate in good time. When Caesar entered, Trebonius was to detain Antony in conversation at the door. The otners were to gather about Qesar's chair on Pretence of presenting a petition and so could make au entL A 2an of gladiators were to be secreted in the adjoining theatre to be ready should any unforseen difficulty present itself. The same evening, the 14th of March, Caesar was at a " Last Supper " at the house of Lepidus. The conversation turned on death, and on the kind of death which was most to be desired. Ciesar, who was signing papers while the rest were talking, looked up and 'said: "A sudden one." "When great men die imagination insists that all nature shall have felt the shock. Strange stories were told in after years of the uneasv la bore of the elements that night. "A little ere the mightiest Julius fell. The graves did open, and the sheeted dead Did queak and jibber in the Koman street-' The .armor of Mars, which stood in the hall of the Pontifical Palace, crashed down upon the pavement. The door of Caesar's room flew open. Calpurnia dreamt her husband was murdered, and that she saw him ascending into heaven and received by the hand of God. In the morning the sacrifices were again unfavorable. Caesar was restless. Some natural disorder affected his spir its, and his spirits were reacting on his body. Contrary to his usual habit he gave way to de pression. He decided, at his wife's entreaty, that he would not attend the Senate that day. The house w;is full. The conspirators were in their places with their daggers ready. Attend ants came in to remove C:esar's chair. It was an nounced that he was not coming. Delay might be fatal. They conjectured that he already sus pected something. A day's respite and all might be discovered. His familiar friend whom he 4-MMifAil 4-1 r inif.i1 J j l uusiciL ui luiunuuu'u is MTiKing: was em ployed to betray him. Decinius Brutus, whom it was impossible for him to distrust, went to en treat his attendance, giving reasons to which he knew that Caesar would listen, unless the jilot had been actualty betrayed. It was now eleven in the forenoon. Caesar shook off his uneasiness and rose to go. As he crossed the hall his statue fell and shivered on the stonep. Some servant i perhaps had heard whispers and wished to warn him. As he still passed on a stranger thrust a scroll into his hand and begged him to read it on the spot. It contained a list of the conspirators, with a clear account of the plot. He supposed it to be a petition and placed it carelessly among his other papers. The fate of the empire hung upon a thread, but the thread was not broken. As Caesar had lived to reconstruct, the Roman world, so his death was necessary to finish the work. He went on to the Curia, and the Sena- tors said to themselves that the augurs had fore- told his fate, but he would not listen; lie was doomed for his ' contempt of religion." Antony, who was in attendance, was detained, as had been arranged, by Trebonius. C:esar en tered and took his seat. His presence awed men, in spite of themselves, and the conspirators had determined to acb at once lest they should lose courage to act at all. He was familiar and easy of access They gathered round him. He knew thein all. There was not one from whom he had not a right to expect some sort of gratitude, and the movement suggested no suspicion. One had a story to tell him ; another some favor to ask. Tullius Cimber, whom he had just made Gover- nor of Bithynia, then came close to him, with some request which he was unwilling to grant. Cimber caught his gown, as if in entreaty, and dragged it from his shoulders. .Cassius, who was standing behind, stabbed him i?, the throat. He started up with a cry and caught Cassius' arm. Another poniard entered his breast, giving a mor tal wound. He looked round, and seeing not one friendly face, but only a ring of daggers pointing at him, he drew his gown over his head, gathered the folds about him, that he might fall decently, and sank down without uttering an other word. Cicero was present. The feelings with which he watched the scene are unrecorded, but may easily be imagined. Waving his dag ger, dripping with Caesar's blood, Brutus shouted to Cicero by name, congratulating him that lib erty was restored. The Senate rose with shrieks and confusion, and rushed into the Forum. The crowd outside caught the words that Caesar was dead and scattered to their houses. Antonv. guessing that those who had killed Caesar would not spare himself, hurried off into concealment. The murderers, bleeding some of them from wounds which they had given one another in their eagerness, followed, crying that the tyrant was dead, and that Koine was free : and the body of the great Caesar was left alone in the house where a few weeks before Cicero told him that he ! was so necessary to his country that every Sena- tor would die before harm should reach him ! Sixty Senators in all were parties to the imme diate conspiracy. Of these nine-tenths were members of the old faction whom Ciesar had pardoned and who, of all his acts, resented most that he had been able to pardon them. They were the men who had stayed at home, like Cicero, from the fields of Thaspus and Munda, and had pretended penitBand submission that they might take tKKtt'-' ?" 1 them selves of their enemy. The!P?"'i''o vere the ambition of heir order and personal hatred of air. imi thev perauj.a lthu hat th y m t'.i ; flibem, tyr:iuni OU-4 VM were asr- ated by j atnotm, . nd naurls she Kpublif had n ik" !:ej so they aim- ;it ic- t jg-: t,yrt tide. 'ih' uh-, u -at it nothr .V WAJll. xl t vcie entitled, to kx Caesar, they were entitled equally to deceive him. No stronger evidence is needed of the demoraliza tion of the Eoman Senate than the completeness with which they were able to disguise from them selves the baseness of their treachery. One man only they were able to attract into co-operation who had a reputation for honesty and could be conceived, without absurdity, to be animated by a disinterested purpose. Marcus Brutus was the son of Cato's sister Servilia,the friend, and scandal said the mistress, of Caesar. That he was Caesar's son was not too absurd for the credulity of Roman drawing rooms. Brutus himself could not have believed in the existence of such a relation, for he was deeply attached to his mother, and although, under the influence of his Uncle Cato, he had taken the Senate side in the war, he had ac cepted afterwards not pardon only from Caesar but favors of many kinds, for which he had pro fessed and probably felt some real gratitude. He had married Cato's daughter Portia, and on Cato's death had published a eulogy upon him. Caesar left him free to think and write what he pleased. He had made him praetor: lie had nominated him to the governorship of Macedonia. Brutus was perhaps the only member of the senatorial party in whom Caesar felt genuine confidence. His known integrity and Caesars acknowledged regard for him made his accession to the con spiracy an object of particular importance. The name of Brutus would be a guarantee to the people of rectitude of intention. Brutus, as the world went, was of more than average honesty. He had sworn to be faithful to Ca-sar as the rest had sworn, and an oath Vith him was not a thing to be emotionalized away, but he was a fanatical republican, a man of gloomy habits given to dreams and omens and easily liable to be influenced by appeals to visionary feelings. Cains Cassius, his brother-in-law, was employed to work upon him. Cassius, too, was a pnelor that year, having been also nominated to office by Caesar. He knew Brutus, he knew where and how to move him. He reminded him of the great traditions of his name. A Brutus had delivered Rome from the Tarquins. The blood of a Brutus was consecrated to liberty. This too, was mockery. Brutus, who expelled the Tarquins, put his sons to death and died child less. Marcus Brutus came of good plebeian family, with no glories of tyrannicide about tliem: but an imaginary genealogy suited well i with the spurious heroics which veiled the motives of Caesar's murderers. Brutus, once wrought upon, became, with Cas sius, tne most- anient m the cause, which as- I sumed the aspect to him of a .sacred duty. Me- ' hind them were the crowd of Senator; of the ! familiar faction and others worse than they, who had not even the excuse of having been partisans of the beaten cause men who had fought, at O.easar's side till tin1 war was over and believed, like Labeniiih, that to them Ciesar owed his fortune and that he alone ought not to reap the harvest. One of these was Trebonius. who had misconducted himself in Spain and was smarting under the recollection of his own failures. Trebonius had long before sounded Antony on the desirableness of removing their chief. Antony, though he remained himself true, had unfortunately kept his friend's counsel. Trebonius had been named by Caesar for a future Consulship, but a distant reward was too little for him. Another and yet baser traitor was I Decim us Brutus, whom Caesar valued and trusted j beyond all his officers, whom he had selected as j guardian for Augustus and had noticed, as was ! seen afterwards, with special affection in his will, ' The services of these men were invaluable to the J conspirators on account of their iniluence with the army. Decinius Brutus, like Labenius, had enriched himself in Caesar's campaigns, and had amassed near half a million of English money. It may have been easy to persuade him and j Trebonius that a grateful Kepublic would con- sider no recompense too large to men who would sacrifice their commander to their country. To Cesar thev could be no more than satellites : the first prizes of the Empire would be offered to the choice of the saviors of the Constitution. ' So composed was the memorable band, to whom ! was to fall the bad distinction of completing the ruin of the senatorial rule. Caesar would have spared something of it, enough, perhaps, to have thrown up shoots again as soon as he had himself passed away in the common course of nature. By combining in a focus the most hateful charac teristics of the order, by revolting the moral in stincts of mankind by ingratitude and treachery, they stripped their cause by their own hands of the false glamor which they hoped to throw over it. The profligacy and avarice, the cynical dis regard of obligation, which had marked the Senate's supremacy for a century, had exhibited abundantly their unfitness for the high functions which had descended to them; but custom and natural tenderness for a form of government, the past history of which had been so glorious, might have continued still to shield them from the penalty of their iniquities. The murder of Ciesar filled the measure of their crimes and gave the last' and necessary impulse to the closing act of the revolution. A WONDERFUL RUSSIAN IDIOT, An idiot, who perhaps surpasses all rivals in memory and in the capacity to make mathemat ical calculations in his head, was recently exam ined before the students of the medico-surgical academy of St. Petersburg. He is twenty-seven years old. In his youth he was noted for his brilliant ability, but was addicted to the immod erate use of liquors and led a dissipated life. He was attacked by an acute disease. When he re covered he was found to have lost all his mental faculties except memory and the power of mathe matical calculation. Those increased proportion ately as his understanding and power of logical thinking vanished. Now he is a living phono graph and calculating apparatus. In the lecture room Professor Merjevsky requested him to square numbers containing five or six figures, to extract Hie square root of lik.e, tjj -bers, and so on. All the qu'cUon rrt- .. s fey answered by the patient m . -w st '-'.a'. .' No mathematician pre5int p!0lV-i50 f " v.Y4 -ild ! ?p- L- like it. Then the , et e I -fx i ie to read poetry aloud ; ini or ' u the natient reneated it as correctly as a phonograph. The professor de clared to the audience that he was unable to ex Xilain this psychical phenomenon. The memory and calculating capacity of the patient are still growing, while in other respects he is becoming a more hopeless idiot. A SLIGHT MISTAKE, A very laughable occurrence was witnessed at J the Union Depot last night. When the train from the South stopped a lady alighted, and, seeing a gentleman standing by whom she supposed to be her husband, she ran toward him, and, throwing her arms about his neck, showered kisses upon him. The gentleman made no objections: but when she ceased her osculations a gentleman standing near by remarked: Well, Laura, haven't you made a mistake? " Laura turned toward him in astonishment, and, flying into his arms, buried her blushing face on his shoulder, saying: " Lord bless me, &te e, I thought it was you ! TN hy (lid i you not speak. Tern' Haute (Ind.) Express. AN OLD YET GOOD STORY. When Davy Crockett was in Washington, he was one clay in a hotel toasting his shins, when a senator from Massachusetts entered. Approaching the old frontiersman the latter said: " Crocket, a large body of your constituents are marching up the street; you ought to go out and greet them. Crockett hurriedly arose and went out upon the hotel steps, when a drove of mules caught his eye. lie quietly watched them until the last one had passed, and then returned to his seat hy the stove. The Massachusetts senator was still there, and as the redoubtable Davy dropped into his chair, asked: " Well, did you see your friends? " " Oh, yes," was the response. "They are look ing remarkably well, too." "Did you ascertain their destination?" " Certainly, sir." "And where are they going in such a solid body?" Crockett turned to the senator with a quiet, calm expression, and replied : "The blamed fools are all going down to Mas sachusetts to teach school." And then they gazed a moment into each other's faces, and sadly walked up to exercise the bar keeper a while. "You can't add different things together," said an Austin school teacher. 'lh' vou add n sIipoh and a COW together, it does not make two sbppn Any person desiring information as to mystand jT a i'-a1 t , VOft,UclM mg and responsibility will, on request, be furnished ith or two COWS. A little boy, the SOU of a Texas a satisfactory reference in his vicinity or Congressional nuiKman, neiciup ms Hand and said: "That may ( wtn sheep and cows, but if you add a iiuart 0I water it manes two quarts of milk. I've een it tried." Ttxm Sifting, The retort Medical: Don't call a man a liar; address him as "an ollicial bulletin." New York Commercial A dverliscr. A boil in the kettle is worth two on your nose, And a corn in the ear is worth two on your toes. CLAIMS ! CLAIMS ! This Claim House Estab lished in 1865! GEORGE E. LEMON, Attorney-at-Law, OFFICES, 015 Fifteenth St., (Citizens' National Uank,) , WASHINGTON, I. C. P. 0. Drawer 325. Pensions. If wounded, injured, or have contracted any disease,- however slight the disability, apply at once. Thousands entitled. Heirs. Widows, minor children, dependent mothers, fathers, . and minor brothers and sisters, in the order named, aro entitled. War of 1812. All surviving officers and soldiers of this war, whether in the Military or Naval service of the United States, -who faerved fourteen (11) days; or, if in a battle or skirmish, for a less period, and the widows of such who have not remarried, are entitled to a pension of eight dollars a month. Proof of loyalty is no longer required in these claims. Increase of Pensions. Pension laws are more liberal now than formerly, and many are now entitled to a higher rate than they receive. From and after January, 1881, 1 shall make no charges for my services in claims for increase of pension, where no new disability is alleged, unless successful in procuring the increase. Restoration to Pension Roll. Pensioners 'who have been unjustly dropped from the pension roll, or whose names have been stricken there from by reason of failure to draw their pension for a pe riod of three years, or by reason of re-enlistment, may have their pensions renewed by corresponding with this house. Desertion from one regiment or vessel and enlistment in another, is not a bar to pension in cases where the wound, disease, or injury was incurred while in the service of the United States, and in the line of duty. Land Warrants. Survivors of all -wars from 1790, to March 3, 1855, and certain heirs are entitled to one hundred and sixty acres of land, if not already received. Soldiers of the late war not entitled. Land warrants purchased for cash at tlie highest mar ket rates, and assignments perfected. Correspondence invited. Prisoners of War. Kation money promptly collected. Furlough Rations. Amounts due collected without unnecessary delay. Such claims cannot be collected without the furlough. Horses Lost in Service. Claims of this cliaracter promptly attended to. Many claims of this character have been erroneously rejected. Correspondence in such cases is respectfully invited. Bounty and Pay. Collections promptly made. Proper tyti ':en by the Army in States not in Insurrection. Claims of this character will receive special attention, provided they were filed before January 1, 1SS0. If not filed prior to that date they are barred by statute of limi tation. In addition to the above we prosecute Military and Naval claimsof every description, procure Patents.Trade Marks, Copyrights, attend to business before the General Land Office and other Bureaus of the Interior Depart ment, and all the Departments of the Government. "We invite correspondence from all interested, assuring them of the utmost promptitude, energy, and thorough ness in all matters intrusted to our hands. GEORGE E. LEMON. REFERENCES, As this may reach the hands of some persons unac quainted with this House, we append hereto, as speci mens of the testimonials in our nossession, copies of let ters from several gentlemen of Political and Military distinction, and widely known throughout the United States : Beivideke, Ii.!., October 24, 1875. I take great pleasu re in recommending Captain Geo RGB E. Lemon-, now of Washington, D. C, to all persons who may have claims to settle or other business to prosecute ueiore me departments at Washington. 1 know him to 1 W f ltirfir1npll' minKnl ..n1 1 An. .?. 1 JlU 4.1 1 and with Department rules in all matters growing out tern-uister's Ollices. I have liad occasion to employ hirn ! for friends of mine, also, in the soliciting of Patents, and ; have found him very active, well-informed and success ! ful. As a gallant officer during the Avar, and an hon orable and successful practitioner, I recommend him strongly to all who may need his services. S. A. HURLBUT, M. C, Fourth Congressional District, Illinois. Late Major-General, U. 8. Vols. Citizens' Xatiosa! Bank, "Washington, D. C, January 17, 1879. Captain George E. Lemon, attorney and agent for tho collection of war claims at Washington city is a thor ough, able, and exceedingly well-informed man of busi ness, of high character, and entirely responsible. I be lieve that the interests of all having war claims requiring adjustment cannot be confided to safer hands. JXO. A. J. CRESWELL, President. TV. F. EOACII, Secretary. House or Representatives, "Washington, D. C, March . 1575. From several years' acquaintance with Captain Oeorgb E, Lemon of this city, 1 cheerfully commend him as a gentleman of integrity and worth, and well qualified to attend to the collection of Bounty and other claims against the Government. His experience in that lina give him superior advantages. "W. P. JSPRAGUE, M. C, Fifteenth District of Ohio. 3 AS. D. STRAWBRIDGE, M. C, Thirteenth District of Pennsylvania. Horsi: ok Representatives, ,T tl , . "Washington, D. C, March 1, 1S7S. e, tlie undersigned, having an acquaintance with Captain George E. Lemon for the past few years, and a knowledge of the systematic manner in which he eon ducts his extensive business and of his reliability for fair and honorable dealings connected therewith, cheerfully commend him to claimants generally. A. V. RICE, "Cliainnan, Committee on Invalid Pensions, ibiui Reps. W. F. SLEMONS. M. C, Second District oj'Arh, Y. P. LYXDE, M. C, Fourth District of Wis. Ii. W. TOWN8IIEND, 31. C. Nineteenth District of III. ui liic jam ar, espceiauy in uie paymaster s ana yuar- district. PATENTS George E. Lemon, Att'y at Law, WASHINGTON, D. C. Send sketch or model for Preliminary Examination and Opinion as to Patentability, for which Xo Charge ib made Jl reported patentable, no charge for services Unless sucretul. .Semi for Pamphlet of Infractions. -ESTAHLISHJ-;!) IX J8.".