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NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER l, 1876

seven hundred and sixty five dismissals of su
pc! duous officehoders, or little more than one
half OF the number proposed by Mr.. Randall
Even this retrenchment was denounced AZ
ruinous, and nearly every head of q department
has tried to make il odious and to throw
embsrrassmeuts in the way of the public
bust ness.
But while the Administration and the or
gsns have been assailing the House of Repre-
sentatives, and miarepresenting the effect OF
it's wise and proper policy, they have furnished
the best proof of their owh insipoerity. At
this very time, when it is pretended there are
not enough clerks provided to rnn the depart
ments fiicientiy, about four hundred have been
furoughed for thirty and forty days, and sent
as political missionaries and voters into Ohio
and Indiana where they claim legal residence.
These clerks taken away from their
desks at the most busy and important season
of the year, when the annual reports are sup
posed to be in course of preparation, and when
They will not return to Washington until after
the Presidential election, or about three weeks
before the meeting of Congress.
This fact of itself proves that Mr.. Randalls
fret measure of reduction was entirely justi-
fed, for if four hundred clerks can be thus
furloughed at the very pinch of the public bus:
iDess, aud after having passed summer OF
idleness they necessarily useless ipcum-
brances and ought to be abolished. They
probably receive an average salary OF - per
diem. so that the people are taxed some 81 600
a day to pay for the electfoneeripg absence Of
these employees.
The reform policy which was insugurated at
the last session mnst go on until this whole
vicions system is torn mp by the roots. Be-
fore Congress shall meet, the people will have
approved retrenehment at the polls by the cleo
tion of Mr.. Tildep. which must give a new i'm
petus to the great movement, and help to dis
arm much of the opposition it has thus far en-
countered.
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The Republicans have net treated their
leaders in the House of Representatives with
much gratitude or generosity, considering their
peculiar services at the last session. John a.
Kasson, who made the mendacious attack up
on Gov Tilden the eve of the adjournment,
and was almost 1ayed alive by Mr. Hewitt. has
been dropped by his constituents. VIM.
Lawrence, who served as an autOmation 70
Blaine on the Sub Committee of the Judiciary
during the Fort Smith and Little Rock inves-
tigatior, is relegsted to private life. And the
ilinstrious Gen. Hurlbut OF Illinois, who has in
season and out of season, defended Grant, ard
practised Grantism, is pitched overheard un-
ceremoniOusly, and the door is left open for his
former opponent, John +. FarnswOrtb, now q
supporter of TildeD, to walk back into the
House as representative from the Fourth
District.
1t is sad to bee these tall Republican poPpies
cut down in this unceremonious way. Kssson
looked forward to long lease of Congressional
life, and kept himself daily reported in the
Record on the most trivial Prete1ts. The
others are old stagers and hardly expected to
take back seats. With this trio LETT ont and
Blaine transferred to another sphere, the Re
publican side of the House in the next Con
eress will have fresh look and chance TO
mend it's bad ways.
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HOW RErRENcHMENT WORKs.

vyben Mr.. Randall, after a thorough and i'm
Martial investigation of the public service at
Washington, recommended reduction Of ~
Der cent of the clerical force, an 0ntSry vas
raised that every department. would Dc GRIP
rFanqed. This clAmoT was used to thwart
reforrn and to save the army of idlers and
drones that bss long been heavy drain on the
TreaSarv. The Senate resisted this economy,
and vas backed by the President and the
whole Administration.
Finally compromiso IVES reached by Uhich
tho rednoSiOn Gf the HQp0o wa Ont aOWn %
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lowing
VERY GOOD TICKET:
Msyor-E. Pilsbury.
Administrator of Improvements-John Nc
Caffrey.
Administrator of Assessments-John E.
Ringstorff.
Admi nistrator of Finapce-J. G. Denis.
Administrator of Public Aocounts-J. G.
Brown.
Administrator of Police-Robt. Z. Diamond.
Administrator of Commerce-Chas. Cavanac.
Administrator of Water Works-James d.
Edwards
Judge First District Court-Edmuud Abel.
Judge Second District Court-A. l.. Tissot.
Judge Third District Court-F. A.. Monroe.
Judge -Four rth District Court-W. T. Houston.
Judge Fifth District Court-W. II. Rogers.
Judge Sixth District Court-Arthur Saucier.
Judge Superior District Court-D. s. Bryant.
Jud,e Superior Criminal Court-Wm. &
Whitaker.
Clerk First District Court-James ONeil.
Clerk Second District Court-John Herbert
Clerk Third District Court-B. Armbruster
Clark Fourth District Court-John Curry.
Clerk Fifth District Court-rhos. Duffy.
Clerk Sixth District Court. V. Guillotte
Clerk Superior District Court-C. TsyloI
Gauche.
Clerk Superior Criminal lCourt-EugeneM May
Criminal Sheriff-Jas. D. Houston.
Civil Sherif-Thos. II. Handy.
District Attorney-John J. Finuey.
Coroner Upper Distriot-Dr. A. Chastant.
Coroner Lower District-Dr. II. Rance.
SENATORS:
Secoud DiaSrict-F O. Zaoharie.
Third District-P. A. Ducros-
REPRESENTATIVES:
First Ward-C. ]. Leeds, C. II. Buck.
Fourth Ward-E. W. Huntington.
Fifth Ward-J. NJ. Lamare, W. H. Perslta,
Sixth Ward-A. Voorbies, J. Aldge.
Ninth Ward-A. Delavigne, L. Leonard.
Tenth Ward-D. P. Mahoney, Louis Bush,
B. F. Jonas.
Eleventh Ward-E. B. Briggs, J. X. Bell.
Twelfth Ward-Henry G. Miller.
No nominations for one of the Senatorial and
several of the Representive Districts have yet
been made.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ASD CoNsTABLEs.
Fret Justice Court. P Cbildress; Con-
stable, H. O'Sullivau.
Third Justice Court-John L. Laresche
Constable, T. j. Buckley.
Fourth Justice Court-F, B. Hernandez
Constable W. Hayes.
Sixth Justice Court-Peter Kaiser; Consta-
BILE, Dan O'Leary.
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Felicien David, the composer, who died the
other day in Paris, was an infant prodigy in
music, and played the violin at fve years old,
at his birthplace, Csdenet, in Provence. At
eight he was q singer in AK Cathedral, and at
nine he composed piece performed at q grand
mass. His precocious talent induced the AK
clergy to give him presentation to the Jesuit
College. There be had musical instruction,
but his family being poor, be was placed, on
leaving, clerk to an attorney, at miserable
sslary. This employment being distasteful,
the Archbishop of AK, remembering his in
fantile genius, gave him post in the choir
Going to Paris, which his family thought an
act of folly he lived on q pittance given by q
generous uncle He soon made himself inde-
pendent by giving lessons on the piano. aud
afterwards Travelled to ConstantinopIe and
Egypt. He was on the point of fixing his resi-
depce at Cairo, but ambition for distinction
brought him back to Paris. There be lived
long in great poverty. In 1874, however, his
g Desert" at the ConHervatoire, took the town
by storm, and his fortune was thepceforth
made. When be arrived at the pinnacle of
fame his great anxiety, though most rapid
composer, was to do nothing unequal to him
self, and during the last twenty years Of his
life he published only two works. III Paris be
lived in cottage of rural appearance in the
Rue Rochefoucault, where, in a miniature gar
dep, he cultivated roses. He died at his coun-
try house, near st. Gernain, of consumption,
and in the delirium preceding his death sang
original airs.
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TAsrE-We should always distinguish be-
tween taste and fancy. One is perception OF
some manifestatiou OF principle In nature;
One IL founded on the soul, as seen through its
outward covering the other contemplAtes only
Ehe exterior dress. True taste is q love Of tho
SnbIime. the beautiful and the true. Talent is
the ability to give these qualities expression In
vTorks of art. The man Of genius combines
taste and talent, and presents the images Of
truth, beauty and Bublimity in poetry, paint
inc. eculpture, music etc. he does not create
thS principles, but simply ombOdieS them In
iGsIIos Of she mntegiNl NOElds
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=. nessrS' Levy Brothers, ESQ Magazine street,
arc selling red and white Atwood flannel AZ o, c.nts
oo0fed and black alpaca and empress cloth at 9s contS
~FN0lsa at equally low prices w. ~" O''-'-
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,oo. Oso Magazine street, near st. Andrew. ia the
10 90 Sa M. T. Il. Adams new store BE Grams
0u a'N HtoOk, Tomorrow, oUspbsr ID,
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FoUNp-MoNEY.-By having your frst-olaSs
a.Dsal work done by Dr. L. A. Thurbsr Common
end Dsxbigay GsEOota.
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ser,t1g Star andcathoiie Messenger
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Yo. lls PovdraS street. corner Of Camp.
he Directors of the Company srs'
M,st i!ev. NAPOLEON JOSEPH PERCHE,
"'7 Archbishop of New Orleans,
President.
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sentatives, eelected by the several districts and
wards were announced. The result of the
labors of the Convention is found in the fol-
lowing
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Morning Star and Catholic n MssssUSsr'

THK MORNING STAR has been stAxsa&t
with the approval Of the ecclesiastical
authority of the Diocese, to supply an
admitted want In New Orleans, and tR
mainly devoted to the interests Of AhS
Catholic Church. 1t will no. interfere In
politics except wherein they intaRfeRe
with Catholic rights, but will expose
iniquity in high places. without regard 80
persons or parties. Next to the spiritual
rights of all men, 1t will especially ohaD-
pion the temporal rights Of the poor.
ApprovsIeJ tAs Aost Rev. AraASiaAep
We approve of the aforesaid under
aking, and commend it to the CathalisR
( onr Diocese.
Jim. ARCHBISHOP OF NEW OR1RA1so.
December I2, 1867.
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r.rn,-piasls Copy. Cents; BY n.,l ss-in Advances.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-10-19
ABOUT w o vi Z N

-Mis(s)Fortune comes on horseback and
goes away on foot.
Miss May Aleott has sailed for England
to study art there and in Italy.
A beautiful Partisan girl, worth S., O00,-
600, has found a man willing to marry her.
Miss Bella ST. Clair walked ] 900 milesin
| 900 hours in Woolwich Gardens, London.
st Parasol-llolders " is the Saratoga name
for young men who part their hair in the
middle
Miss Susan Dickinson, a sister Of Miss
Anna Dickinson, edits q newspaper in Lu-
zerne County, Pa.
"A fashionable young lady, dressed in
the most stringent style, accounted fer her
haste recently by saying that "time and
tied wait for no man,
A girl of sixteen. name not stated,
sought death in the waters of the Hudson
at West Point, the other day, because her
sister stole her young man.
Miss Stage was married at Hornellsville,
N. Y, recently. The bridegroom had en-
grayed on the wedding ring:
"Nalne ever deer 10 me-"
Scene: Young ladies' boarding-school.
Professor What can you tell of Pluto -
Miss De He was the son Of Saturn, and
when his father died he gave him hell.
"A party of 800 good cooks and 500 girls,
al English servants, Visiting the Centennial,
have been induced to settle in Richmond,
Va, where steady employment is guaran-
iced.
The Buffalo bride reported to have re-
ceived $lG1,0 900 in cash as a bridal present,
has already OF hand nearly 10000 begging
letters from Europe, Asia and the United
States.
A Russian count has won the heart and
hand of one of the bellies of The Quaker City,
and November will witness the wedding.
The parties met by chance in the usual
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-10-19
GOOD FOR

nantucket people enjoy a reputation for
smaftness, and even Daniel Webster found
Ills match there. The story, as told by Mr..
webster himself. is as follows:
Inc court held a term on the island per-
lodlcaliy. There was not much litigation:
out the suits were heavy, relating to ships,
"iale fishing, and Oil. The Judges and
lawyers usually went over from the CONT
neht and spent a week or ten days, and fill
isied the business of the session. One day
one OF the friends residing upon the island
called at my office i'll Boston and said
Friend Daniel, what wilt thou ask to
come down to Nantucket and plead a case
for me before the judges9'
II will go for a thousand dollars.n
THAT is too much, Friend Daniel.n
"butl Will have to go down Saturday,
ana perhaps remain the whole week fol-
loving. L would as soon argue the whole
docket.''
Wen, Friend Daniel, if thee will argue
such cases as | shall present to thee before
my case iscalled, | will give thee a thousand
dollars.''
q fAL
And SO the bargain was struck. My
Client went to Nantucket and found his case
at the loot of the docket. He went from
man to man, and saw all who had any case
on the docket, and said,-
"What wilt thee give if I'll get the great
Daniel Webster to plead thy case p
He took retainers from a dozen men.
Some gave him a hundred dollars, and some
five hundred dollars. He had grace enough
to give me the thousand dollars, as agreed,
and paid my expenses into the bargain.
argued the the docket right through to1
plaintiff or defendant, until / reached my
clients case. He struck the balance and
admitted, as the steamer left the wharf. that
he had got his case argued and pocketed
fifteen hundred dollars.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-10-19
THE MAN TO LIVE N

He has a proper and well proportional
stature, without, however, being too tail.
He is rather Of a middle size and somewhat
thickset. His complexion is not too florid;
at any rate, too much ruddiness in youth is
not a sign Of Longevity. His hair approaches
to the fair rather than to the black. His skin
is strong, but not rough. His head is not
too big; his shoulders are round rather
than fiat; his neck is not too long; his adj
domen does not project; his hands are large,
but not too deeply cleft; his foot is rather
thick than long, and his legs are firm and
round. he has a broad, arched chest, a
strong voice, and the faculty of retaining
his breath for a long time without difficulty.
There is harmony in all his parts. His SEN
ses are good, but not too delicate his pulse
is slow and regular; his stomach is excel
lent his appetite good and digestion easy.
The joys of the table are to him of inlpor-
lance; they tune his mind to serenity, and
his soul partakes in the pleasure which they
communicate. He does not eat merely for
the sake of eating, but each meal is an hour
of daily festiyity. He eats slowly and has
not too much thirst, the little being always
a sign of rapid selt-consumption. He is
serene, loquaeious, active, susceptible of
love, joy and hope, but insensible to the i'm
pressions of hatred, anger and ~avarica. His
passion nevef becomes violent or destrnc-
tive. IF he ever gives way to anger, he ex-
perienccs rather a useful glow OF warmth,
artificial and gentle fever, without an over
flow OF the Bile. HE'S also found Of employ
ment, particularly eslm meditation and
agreeable speculations. lie is an optimist,
a friend to nature and domestic felicity. He
has no thirst after honor or riches, and BAN
ishes all thought of the morrow.
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way, and Immediately fixed upon the we'd
ding day. i.
Miss Toru Dutt is a young Hindoo lady
who has just published a book of transla-
tons of French verse into English, and the
critics praise it and call i'm ian important
landmark in the history of the progress Of
culture"
$50" said a lady recently to an Alb
erleen merchant, ''your. pretty daughter
slowly replied The father, - believe she has
married q rich man, but | understand he is
a very poor husband.o
The Wohaaa's journal asks, "Should
woman be self-supporting? We don't
know much about the merits OF the question
but if they ever should be, man would be
deprived of half the pleasure of q long walk
home from spelling-school.
A lovely female writes to the editor of
the Hartford Times that "Down at Long
Branch, the other night, it actually felt good
to pull about three blankets over the still
beautiful form Of yours truly" And the
ungallant editor actually printed the epistle.
Considering that the mosquitoes are maxi
ing their fall raids, and are particularly live
ly just now, my DEAR said Jones to his
wife, "don't you think it would be 4 good
idea to bring the baby's crib into our roomf
| We might divert the attention of the vora-
| cious insects q little from ourselves. Ihatc
to be broken of my rest, and baby can sleep
all day, YOU know Mrs. Jones went in
search OF the tongs at once
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-10-19
COMMON THINGS.

Many admirable actions are overlooked
by us because they are SO little and common.
Take, for instance, the mother, who has had
broken slumber, if any at all, with the nurs-
ing babe, whose wants must not be disre-
garded; she would tain sleep awhile when
the breakfast hour comes, but patiently
and uncomplainingly she takes her timely
seat at the table. Though exhausted and
weary. she serves all with a refreshing cup
of coffee or tea before she sips it herself; and
often the cup is handed back before she has
time to taste her own. Do you hear her
complain-this weary mother-that her
breakfast is cold before she had time to eat
it? And this not for one, but for every
morning, perhaps, through the year. Do
you call this a small thing? Try it and see.
oh! how oman does shame us by her for
bearancc and fortitude in what are called
little things! All! it is these little things
that are tests Of character it is by these
!" little self-denials, borne with such self
forgotten gentleness, the humblest home is
made beautiful, though we fail to see it,
alas !untif the chair is vacant, and tho hand
that kept in motion all this domestic ma.
chinery is powerless and ~cold.-Valey
Farmer.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-10-19
"Tr hight HAVE gEEN.o

Whittier says that the saddest words are
+" 1t might have been.' A writer in New
York paper tells a story which dangerously
illustrates these words.
Joe Fairbanks went out to Texas before
it was annexed to the United States. Find
ing him squatting on land not his own, a
friend asked him why he had not bought
land when it was cheap.
SWELL y said Joe, a little mournfally' Il
did come nigh onto buyin' eight or ten thou
sand acres once. Some of Sam Houston's
men came to my cabin one day, harefooted
and sore, and they offered me their titles,
clean and clear, to two leagues of land just
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-10-19
THE L Hl CIR Gle.
TIE HOMES.

The grand reserves ofhuman kind
Are garrisoned in rural homes,
Aud always thence when bugles wind
Their stalyart force in vigor comes.
Bees are abroad, and cups and urn
In sweet surrender lend their lives,
And field and forest flowers will turn
To honey in the human hives,
The fashions 0 fthe distant town
Are blown like pollen from The flowers
Or borne by clouds that rain them down.,
In strange, p%rismatic, ceaseless showers.
But what are we, that we should say
The oriole must dress III gray
Some men are milliners at heart,
And should have learned the dainty art.
They made one while q sharp complaint
Because, they said, the ladies paint,n
When oftentimes these critics noses
Were tingcd with somethlng-but not roses
Sometimes their skirts wore wondrous long
Sometimes rs witty as q sonnet,
And then some fellow made q song
About Il microscopic bonnet.
And now those skirts are in retreat
That used to hide the ladies' feet
AS if they braved q mighty wind
AIolus never strove to bind,
Why not? Pray, leave the girls alone,
Small hats, large hats, no hats at all,
And now for skirts they make a moan,
O%ffnding fault there is nc lack
Idon't see why, for since the fall
Eve always pinned her dresses back,
Ewes very name brings Paradise
Far nearer than the distant skies,
1t fingers yet on earthly sod
And constellates this West of grace.
So, thrown like asteroids abroad
The fragments Of her dwelling placel
I pass your acres gold and green,
Ipass your noble herds and flocks,
pass your sentry trees between,
I watch the flowers come b~right'ning down
To meet in the garden walks;
Isee the homestead holy crown,
And find at last true Illinois
In faithful girls and manly boys.
From 3. r. Tdylor'S Poem at Rockford FAN
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-10-19
FOOT BALLS OF FORTUNE.

Every young man who is about to COM
mence the battle Of life on his own RESPONSE
bility should make up his mind firmly and
decidedly that he will not be one of fortunes
foot balls. BY this we mean that he should
at once and forever discard and renounce
the idea that he can safely trust to what we
generally call luck, in his pursuit Of wealth,
or even in lis plans for acquiring sufficient
to render him comfortable i'll the latter years
of his life. # lie spends his earnings care
lcssly or recklessly While yet young, the
chances are ten to one that he will continue
to do so until old age, Gf he reaches that
period will find him poor, homeless, and
perhaps a mere dependent on the bounty
and charity Of other persons who took a diff
ferent course in early life and consequently
accumulated sufficient to aid the homeless
wanderer. Although we have known cases
wnere fortune and wealth were poured as if
by mere chance into the laps OF unthrifty
careless persons, yet such things happen SO
seldom that it is nothing less than the rank
est folly Tor any person young Or old to be
a spendthrift. We can hardly understand
how the young man can indulge III foolish,
useless and expensive habits, ii he ever stops
to consider that he is liable to encounter
sickness and other misforta4es, and knows
not how soon he may be in actual want Of
the dollar that he is spending SO unnecessa-
rily. And at all events he should consider
how meanly he viii feel If, in after years, he
should become a pauper in the community
or a burden to his friends. Better to be oe-
casionally sneered at as stingy, and misery,
tlan to spend in Needless profusion the
money for Which you have toiled. Better
to acquire and perseyere i'll the habit Of saw
Ing money until you can count it by thou
sands, than to work every year and find
yourself not a dollar better of at each years
end than you were at It's beginning. 1t is
not necessary to be so parsimonious as to
deny yoursessr Of ali the ordinary comforts of
life, such as decent clothing and good food,
In order to save q small sum Of money out
OF your weekly or monthly earnings. Bat
the cigar and the daily toddy and the ride
In a hired buggy for pleasure, and the night
~ visits to the theatre, and we might point
out several other so-callcd luxures that must
be dispensed with if yon wish to save mon
ey. Twenty years hence if you save and in
vest judiciously, you can enjoy life's real
luxuries in moderation without fear of pow
ssty.
4rEee.