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The New York herald., 1876-03-01
wanted-A Real Rhyme to Conkiins.

Wanted-A Real Rhyme 20 Conkiine
The Pope once invited all the architects OF
Europe TO compete for the honor of building
a church in Rome, and many of them sent
plans, but Giotto appeared before the judges
without design. When asked for the
proofs of his ability he simply drew with
single motion of his hand perfect circle.
The tribunal was satisfied. 'He who can dc
this most difficult of feats," argued the
judges, ''can do anything" To Giotto
therefore, they awarded the prize.
All arts are alike in their Fundamental
principles. 1t is in poetry much as in archi-
lecture The man who is able to find in the
English language a single legitimate word OF
phrase which accurately rhymes to Conk-
ling deserves to be crowned as Columbus
in words. He utters o perfect sound, equal
to the absolute circle which Giotto drew in
space. When q great singer had studied FOL
years with Porpora, the celebrated Italian
composer, and in all that time had
done no more than swell single
tones from the crescendo to the diminuendo,
she asked when her musical education would
begin. 'It is completed" said Porpora.
embracing her (for even at the age of ninety
that great man retained his presence OF
mind), 'you have no more to learn" so
with him who rhymes correctly with Conk-
ling He must be admitted to be perfect
as n rhymer. He has done the most dificult
thing in his art, and all other rhymes are
more sport than labor.
But there is no such man, or, if there be,
he is the husband of Mrs Harris, the undis-
covered friend of Sairey Camp. We have
received thousands Of Conkling rhymes,
not one of which is correct. No one has yet
found a recognized word in English, or any
other tongue, in which the N and the X
sounds in the first syllable of the name of
the great Senator have the same blending.
Thus the poet may say to the Spanish Pre-
tender, ''Don cling" but the X sound is not
in the first syllable, where it belongs, but
in the second The word to be rhymed with
is Conk-ling, not Con-kling All these
forms are but approximations to an absolute
rhyme, while such nouns as ''honkling, ="
which is an exact rhyme. are arbitrary inven-
tions not to be found in any standard author.
The right word, therefore, is unfound, and
elsewhere the public may see to what ex-
tremes our American poets have gone in the
search.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
Capital Punishment.

The efforts for the release of Rubenstein
and Dolan, two prisoners convicted of MUIR
der and condemned to death, suggest the
take it that the general sense of the whole
community is that these two unhappy
wretches are guilty and that their lives are
forfeit to the law. They have been certainly
fairly tried. But we have appeals from
friends, motions for new trial, money raised
to fee greedy lawyers, heaven and earth
moved to secure their freedom. In the
meantime Justice is unsatisfed The
murderers see how Scannell and Stokes
escaped. They naturally feel that if
these red-handed murderers can evnde
punishment they may do the same. In
the meantime the wretches themselves
are in no condition to die. They are not
preparing for death, for they have no idea
that justice will have its way. The few
weeks which the humanity of the law allows
to condemned criminals for preparation for
the last great change are occupied in
struggles for liberty. There is no certainty
about the law, no assurance of justice. All
interests suffer-the interests of law and
of humanity as well. The way to avoid this
is to pass law giving all prisoners under
sentence of death an appeal to the highest
tribunal of the State, the Court of Appeals.
Such writ should be made q writ of
right The law should declare that upon the
conviction of any criminal of capital crimes
it should be the duty of the District Attor-
ney to certify the whole record to the Court
of Appeals. The Court, within thirty days,
should take up the whole case, and decide
whether the forms of law have been OBJ
served. This should be o writ to right; for,
certainly, if we give claimant for bit of
property the right to the highest judicial de-
cision the same right should be given to a
citizen in peril of his life. This right would
put an end to the interminable effort, in
nearly every capital case, to have new trial.
After the decision of the Court of Appeals, if
adverse to the petition, there should be a
short time (not more than three weeks)
allowed the prisoner in which to prepare for
death. These long delays between Judgment
and execution are in themselves cruel beyond
imagination. They are not, really, humane.
Once that the dread sentence of death is de-
livered the sooner it is over the better for
the interests of justice and the wretch who
is doomed to die. The value in the penalty
of capital punishment as preventive of
murder is its certainty and swiftness. The
murderer should know that he must die.
AS it is, our law is very unsatisfactory and
should be amended
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
rhe Attornex Generars Answer.

Ten days ago the House of Representa-
tives asked Attorney General Pierrepont "by
what authority and for what purpose" he
wrote his letter ''discouraging witnesses. I"
After weeks delay Mr. Pierrepont sends
in a reply which is no answer. He does not
say by what authority nor for what purpose
he wrote that letter. One thing we remark
about his note to the House. 1t is in very
much milder vein than his note to the
HERALD. He seems to have recovered his
temper and that under peculiar aggrava-
tions; for 'the whole press, West as well as
East, has been ever since reproaching him
for that letter, telling him that it is in
furious to his reputation as lawyer, and
that it touches his honor as Attorney Gen
eral; while lawyers everywhere regret to see
brother lawyer calmly sitting down under
such n cloud.
1t is an unpleasant spectacle, and the
worst of it for Mr.. Pierrepont is that it will
not help him. Congress will go on asking
questions, and he cannot forever go on
evading, while he seems to have greater diff
Guilty in Exposing" the facts which, as he
hastily remarked in his letter to the HERALD,
would enable the public to understand his
letter. than he or some one very near him in
Washington had in exposing" the letter in
Washington.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

sibility for him. There was neither energy
nor sagacity, neither spirit nor persistency
in the pursuit of any policy. 1t seemed as
if the Prince thought the Spanish crown
butterfly that he could catch under his hat
at any moment in the mountains of Navarro.
He was, in fact, so sure of it that he would
not make the alliances that would have
given it to him; and, in that light, it is only
one more of the 'sure things" that always
fail.
Had Carlos made such use of ~ that the
abdication could have been fairly attributed
to his efforts it would have given him great
prestige, and the country would have risen
for him against Castelar's Republic but
Carlos had done so little that the pretence of
a connection between his advance and
Amadeus retirement was laughed at as
ridiculous. Yet, with all his weakness and
his failures, he maintained for four years n
war that will for q long while make the name
of Carlism redoubtable to Spanish rulers.
1t was, however, n useful war to Alfonso; for
as it just fell short of the strength that
might overcome the Republic it left his adj
vent possible; and as again it fell short of the
strength to overcome his forces it supplied
the danger that compelled those forces to be
properly equipped and efficiently oficered.
1t gave his government legitimate, practical
occupation saved it from the common dam
ger of Camarilla influences, and as the first
duty of any Spanish government was to whip
the Carlists it has given this government at
the outset of its career the prestige of
great success.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

OUR JAPANESE ADvIcEs this morning
though there are, perhaps, too many threat
tnings of war, are in the main bright and
rhatty and ON evidence Of the great progress
Japan is making in the arts of Western civ
ilization. The item in regard to tho recep-
tion accorded Minister Mori, for instance,
recalls familiar name TO American readers
and shows us that in few years we shall
feel as much interest in japanese statesmen
as we now havo in an English premier or a
French president Then we hear that the
Japanese Commissioners are on the way to
the Centennial Exhibition, and this must
prove another tie to bind America and the
West TO Japan and the East
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

Sr. DOMINGO has exiled another president.
The action of the free citizens of that Repub-
lie is even more remarkable than usual in
this instance. President Gonzales is twice
defeated in battle he is then tried by the
Legislature and acquitted, after which he re-
signs the presidency and determines to leave
the country. Something like this might
have happened in our own Southern States
after the war, but an American Gonzales is
not often as accommodating as this Domin-
icnn
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

LENT To-day the solemnities of Lent be-
gin, the most impressive season of the Chris
tian year. 1t is not observed now so Sc
verely as of old, and the Church is morein-
Belfdenial and more compliance with the
forms of religion are required. The Savan-
nah shad, which is now to be bought in our
markets, is one of the hardships which many
rigid churchmen will humbly endeavor to
endure
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
MIR. Butler on street Car Radiation


Mr.. T. r. Butler, the President of the
Sixth Avenue Railroad, sees things with a
vision denied to other men and argues in
behalf of his own interests with logic
which is peculiarly his own. ''The cause of
the crowding of street cars in New York, he
said, in an interview published in q sympa-
thetic journal, 'is the peculiar shape of
Manhattan Island, which is twelve miles
long and less than two miles in average
width. London is ten miles long and seven
miles wide, and Paris has the Same super
fees. In those cities cars are run on streets
radiating like the ribs of fan; but here they
must run in parallel lines" All this sounds
very profound and important, but it is not
true, and it would make no difference if it
was true. In this city the street railways all
start in the neighborhood of the City Hall,
the cars on nearly all the avenues on both
the east and the west sides starting within a
few feet of each other, and we know of no
better figure to describe their routes than
Mr.. Buffers figure of the fan. But what
difference can it make whether the streets
in parallel lines? The same law applies to
both, and there may be overcrowding in the
one case MS well as in the other. London is
MS long as New York; so the difference in
width makes no difference in patronage, and
it is just as easy to provide for the travel
within the two miles width of New York as
the seven miles width of London. There
tho population is much greater than here,
and so Mr.. Buffers logic falls to the ground.
Now, the point of this whole controversy is
simply this The people of New York want
sufficient number of cars on the street rail-
ways to accommodate the travel, and, at the
same time, to provide every passenger with
a seat, while Mr. Butler opposes it because
it would reduce the profits of his company
All the logic of the President of the Sixth
Avenue road has no other significance than
to prevent few dollars from radiating out
of the pockets Of his stockholders.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

BUSINESS INTEGRITY seems to be priced less
and less as the relations of trade are ex-
tended. In this city many of the recent
failures were in fact fraudulent bankruptcy,
and the same thing seems to apply to those
of London and Liverpool The cable this
morning brings report of the failure of a
firm of cotton brokers in the latter place
who bought freely on their own account
while pretending to buy for others. The
boasted honor of English tadesmen is fall
ing to level with other nations, and it is
to be feared. from present indications, that
it will suffer more in the future than in the
past
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

THE SUz CANAL has become so much a
cause of jealousy between England and
France that Sir Daniel Lange has been
dropped from the direction of the company.
This gives rise to much ill-feeling, which is
justified by English interests in the work.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING


OLYMPIC THEATRE
VARIETY, at +. NJ. Matinee at NJ.
EAGLE THEATRE
UNCLE ANTHONY, atsP. NJ. Matinee st2r.A
x.n,vrv CHATEAU MABILLE VARIETIES
BRooKLYN THEATRE.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN, at - r. NJ. Mrs g. G. Howard
TONY PASTORS NEW THEATRE
VARIETY, ats 7. 81.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE
BOSE MICHEL, at 3 r. NJ
src,. y, AGAD6MY SAn6n1 ON OF MUSIC s. c,,. ,,,.r.
SsS. ' ''''''''
NEW MASONIC TEMPLE
EUROPE on CANVAS, at +. NJ. Matinee ct 30 r. M.
BRASS, at s p. q. George Fawcett Rowe
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
PIQUE, at 6 p. NJ. Fanny Davenport
THIRTY, FOURTH STREET OPERA HOUSE
VARIETY atSP. NJ. Matinee at r. NJ.
BOwERY THEATRE
81 sLOCUM, at s T. NJ Frank r. Frayne
VARIETY. at p NJ.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs, atsP.M
GLOBE THEATRE
VARIETY, atsP.M NJ. Matinee at2PM
BOOTHS THEATRE.
JULIUS CESAR at 8 p. NJ Mr. Lawrence Barrett
GERNANTA tn EATRE.
DER VELCHENfREsSER, at 3 T. NJ
VARIETY, atsPM
.,,voGyT TWENTY IxH TT5Rp STREET THEATRE
WOODS MUSEUM
BcHAMfL, at p. NJ. Matinee at p. NJ
THIRD AVENUE THEATRE.
VARIETY. at r NJ Matineeat2P p NJ
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
DNCLE TOMS CABIN at 7. NJ.
WAILACKiS THEATRE.
ZEE sTooPs TO CONQUER atsfM Mr. Lester Wal
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

DoS CAnLos, finding his occupation gone.
does not know exactly how to dispose Of
himself, and he goes to England apparently
because he can go nowhere else. We expect
so many kings and princes in this country
during the summer. or we might ask him
over to the Centennial.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

THE FLooDs IN HUNGARY are proving most
Terings in France year ago scarcely ex-
reeded those which these poor people are
now enduring.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Stocks were
lower, the principal decline being in Western
Union. Gold was firm at Ia ia Is.
Money on call was supplied at a 12 per
cent. Government and investment securities
were firm. Foreign exchange steady.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

NEITHER BOSNIA Nor HERZEGOVINA is likely
to accept the amnesty offered by Turkey.
The insurrection will go on unless the Great
Powers interpose to quell it.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

BRITISH Pluck was exemplifed in the re-
capture of an English trading vessel by her
crew from the prize crew which had her in
charge near Gibraltar the other day.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

THERE Is GREAT REJOICING in Havana over
the defeat of Don Carlos. The joy would
have been equally hearty and heartfelt had
1t been his triumph which was to be cele-
brated.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

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SUNDAY HERALD, free Of postage, by sending
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The New York herald., 1876-03-01

NJ. GAMBErTA has. only to continue the
conservative and conciliatory policy indi-
Gated in his Lyons speech to become not
only the republican leader Of France, but
assure tho permanencc of the Republic. In
pursuing this moderate course he is showing
true statcsmanship as we'll as political saga
city. II will be we'll if the radical leaders
generally accept his policy and act upon it.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

From our reports HiS morning the probabilities
are that the toedther to-day toiH be clear or partly
cloudy
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

GOVERNOR TnDEN's EXAMINATION as wit
ness in the Tweed suit was finished yester-
day. At times it looked as if Tweed's
lawyers were disposed to push the inquiry
into the political relations of the two leaders,
but the simplc-minded Governor was too
wary to be caught in such trap, and Mr..
Fields questions resulted in no injury to
Mr.. Tilden's Presidential prospects.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

A CORRESPONDENT, referring to the hand
some manner in which John Quincy Adams
alludes to Mr. Hastings as the member of an
Albany delegation to jackson, reminds us
that Uncle Dick was the friend of jefferson
and counsellod the purchase of Louisiana.
We should like to know the authority upon
which the claim is made that Uncle Dick
took an active part in politics MS early as
1904 1t would be interesting to have this
point settled. In the case of Mr. Hastings
lhe evidence is clear, but it is not so in
regard to Uncle Dick. Still it is possible,
for Judge Herring who died few days
since, was on the Marine Bench in 1905.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

MAnDI GRAs was celebrated yesterday in
most of the Southern and Southwestern
cities, notably in Cincinnati, Memphis and
New Orleans. The meaning Of these fes-
tivals in American cities is not very clear.
but they seem to unite the old time English
merry-making of Shrove Tuesday with tho
italian idea Of the carnival which prccedes
Lent Whatever their purpose they bring a
season of merriment and good will. and it
must be confessed that there are too few
pleasure days in the busy calendar Of our
woIkday years.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
TRIPLE S HE E T.

NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. MARCH l. 1876.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

VOLUME ............-..........No 6l
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-02-26
Ten Millions of Gold in One Pile.

A San Francisco correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Press says that a well authen-
ticated rumor is prevalent in San Francis
co that the great bonanza kings, Messrs.
Flood, OBrien, Mackay, and Fair, are
going to send one hundred and fifty tons
Of the gold and silver bullion from their
Consolidated Virginia Mine to the Cen
tennial, aud pile up the glittering bars in
some conspicuous spot, 50 that all the world
can see what one mine produces in FIVE
months The value of the bars will be
ten millions Of dollars in United States
gold coin "If the idea is carried out it
viii be the grandest sight among a million
Of grand sights, and / venture to say more
people will visit this mountain Of wealth
than any other single thing in the build
ings. Five millions Of the bullion is now
boxed up for shipment, and the balance
will be ready in due season. Few people
ever saw such vast sum rs ten millions
Of dollars in gold and silver, all in one or
several piles; and l think the proposition
Of Messrs. Flood & Co., If carried through,
will add much to the charm, the wonder,
the eclat, and the success of the Exposi-
tion"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-02-26
How Many Words Does Writer Use ?

Prof Edward S. Holden, of the United
States Naval Observatory, discusses the
question of the number of words used in
speaking and writing by individuals, which
was called forth by an estimate Of the Hon
George p Marsh as to the number Of words
in Shakespeares vocabulary and in that of
other writer's. Mr.. Marsh has made the
statement that an intelligent man win use
in speaking and writing less than 10000
words, Prof. Holden made count Of the
number Of words beginning with each let
ter of the alphabet, and noted the order of
frequency of initial letters in Webster's
Dictionary. He found the latter as follows.
Sep, A, D, R, B, I, F, NJ, ,tI,E,H
L, G, U, W, o, v, N, ], Q, K, Y, 2, X.
He then proceeded to ascertain the aver
age number of words in the dictionary per
page. Then he counted out the words
which he himself was accustomed to use IN
speakipg or writing on several pages for
each initial letter and from an average
thus attained he estimated that his own
vocabulary was 33456 words High al
this is he cannot see the way 10 reduce il
materially. A friend inthe Patent Office,
Mr.. Farquhar, assistant librarian, tested
his own writing aud concluded that he
must have a still larger vocabulary. Prof.
Whitney of Yale has written to say that
he cannot see why the method should not
give correct results, From Mrs. Clark S
Concordance of Shakespeare (with the i'm.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-02-26
The Highwsyman.

In 1863 a gentleman was passing one
night over Point Neuf, Paris, with Ian
tern. A man came up TO him and said ;
'"Read this paper He held it up to his
lantern and read as follows:
"speak not word when you've this read,
Or IN an instant you'll be dead
Give us your money, watch and rings,
With other valuable things
Then quick, in silence, you depart,
Or /, with knife will cleave your hearth
Not being man of much pluck, the
afrighted gentleman gave up his watch
and money and ran off Hesoon gave the
alarm, and the highwayman was arrested
"What have you to say for yOurselfg' in
quired the magistrate before whom the
robber was ushered. "That l am not
guilty Of robbery, though I took the watch
and money" .'Why not guilty2" asked
the magistrate" Simply because I can
neither read nor write. picked up the
paper just at the moment / met this gem
tleman with lantern. Thinkingit it might
be something valuable, | politely asked
him to read it for me. He complied with
my request, and presently handed me his
watch and purse and ran of. supposed
the paper to be of great value to him, and
that he thus liberally rewarded me for
finding it, He gave me no time to return
thanks, which out of pOliteness I was
ready to perform" The gentleman ac-
cepted the plea of the robbery and with
drew his complaint.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-02-26

The only captive gorilla in existence re.
Gently died in the Geological Gardens, in
Dresden. The animal, female, was long
supposed to be chimpanzee, and it was
only lately that, TO the surprise of all nat
uralists, her gorilla characteristics were
recognized. The story of the death scene
Of this almost human monkey is remark
able one, since it goes to show that the
animal was the possessor of feelings hith-
erto deemed absent among the brutes.
Says a writer in the London Echo: Gas
Director Schopf (the director of the gard
ens) leaned over his favorite, the ape drew
him toward her, placed her arm around
the neck of her kind friend, and looked at
him for some time with clear and tranquil
eyes; she then kissed him three times, with
short intervals between each salute, mo-
toned to be laid upon her couch, gave her
hand to Schopf-as though bidding fare
well to companion of many happy years
--and slept never to wake again"