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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-05

A Com EMBEDDED IN RoCK.--People
have heard and read of toads having
been found imbedded in rock, but now
comes another curiosity to be added
to the list. Mr.. John Adriance, OF
this city, has Mexican coin dated
ITO, which was taken from the cen.
ter of piece of rock found in the bot
tom of the Rio Grande. The gentle
man who sent the coin to this city,
with the particulars in connection
with its discovery, lives at Laredo,
and not having sent specimen of the
rock in which the coin was found in
bedded, has been asked by gentlemen
connected with the historical society,
who are interested in the matter, 10
do so, in order that theories as to the
time the coin found It's way to the
bed of the river may be deduced
The finder of the coin writes that the
rock is very hard and almost trans
parent Galveston Ne1cs.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-05

NAMES are sometimes oddly suggcs-
tive of peoples tastes and studies.
For example, in Johnson's Universal
Cyclopedia, the articles on Fish and
Fisheries are written by a Mr.. Gill,
and the articles OH Cremation by a
Mr. Sexton.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-05
WHAT REpuR11oANs SAY-If Samne

WHAT REPUBLICANS SAY-If Samue
j. Tilden is elected, will you allow
him to be inaugurated?- Blaine.
If Samuel J. Tilden is elected, be
fore he is inaugurated the streets will
run with blood. -Kalpatrick.
By che blessings of God, the Re
publican party have held power for
sixteen years, and ! defy even Him to
GUST them.-MartinJ Townsend, IL. c.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-05

SPEAKING of close counts. In 1897,
John Adams had II, and Thomas Jeff:
erson 60 electoral votes. In 1901,
Jefferson and Burr had each 70, and
the vote went to the House for decis-
ion. These are the closest counts
conflicting parties have ever made in
this country.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-05

= - "a "a Can't be made by every
WN NAkN agent every month in
Nc 81 ~ W. the business we furnish,
" but those willing to work
can easily earn dozen dollars day right
in their own localities. Havey1o room to
explain here. Business pleasant and hon
orable. Women, and boys and girls do as
well as men. We will furnish youa com.
plete Outfit free. The business paws better
than anything else We will bear expense
OF starting you. Particulars free. Write
and see. Farmers and mechanics, their
sons and daughters, and all classes in need
of paying work at home, should write to
us and learn all about the work at once.
Now is the time. Don't delay Address
TRUE q Co., Augusta, Maine.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-05

THE Cologne Gazette observes that
Bulgaria has on several occasions
figured in history as the scene OF
atrocities" no less horrible than those
lately committed by the Bashi-
Bazouks. The Greek Emperor Basilius
II, was nicknamed "Bulgoroktouos,"
because he ordered $4,000 Bulgarian
prisoners to have their eyes put out, a
few only being left with one eye in or
der that they might guide their fellow
prisoners back to their homes. Even
more atrocious was the massacre of
the Gothic settlers in Bulga-
ria. The much praised Emper-
or, CIaudius II, gives the following ac-
count Of this massacre i'll letter cited
by the historian Trebellious Polio:
"CIaudiuS to Brocchus: We have de-
100000 Goths, and sunk 1000
ships. The rivers are covered with
their banks with spears and
pixies, and the fields with bones; no
road is free from blood; the huge bar
ricade of wagons is deserted; and we
have captured so many women that
each Of our conquering soldiers can
take Two or three for his share"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-05

A LARGE bridge is being constructed
across the Willamette at Salem, which
will be of great benefit to that city.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-05

IRVING, the author, made $88, in
two years from bis works.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-05

CoUPoNs attached to the bonds Of
matrimony Babies.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-05

THERE is terrible depression Of bust
ness in Russia
The New York herald., 1876-10-12
Railroad Management.

In reply to some structures upon the mans
agement of the New York Central Railroad
Mr.. William H. Vanderbilt writes over his own
signature that ''the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company has paid
all its dividends and interest from its net
earnings and from no other source what
ever" and. further, that 'the company has
met all its engagements and earned and paid
its usual quarterly dividends. and its busi-
ness gives every assurance that it will be
able to continue to do So" This frank and
complete answer ought to suffice. Mr.. Van
derbilt is the manager of the road; he knows
what he asserts, and it is hardly fair to urge
vague suspicion" against so direct and
public statement. Directors and managers
of railroad and other corporations may and
should be held to proper responsibility
but stockholders and the public may justly
rest satisfied when a road pays its dividends
and interest regularly and from its net
earnings and no other source whatever" II
the same thing could be said and were said
over their own names by the managers of all
or nearly all the railroads in the United
States stock and bond holders would be
very happy company.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12
Another MNIulo Casa.n

The notorious "Bristow Mule Case" has
dropped out of sight, but the mule seems
determined to take conspicuous part in
American politics Mr.. Blaine asserts with
great confidence that there are mule claims
enough lying dormant in the South to fill up
with mules every vacant acre in Virginia
and the District Of Columbia but these
mules are dormant, SO to speak. Mr.. Abram
Hewitt has acquired seven live, wake
full, kicking mules, if we may credit q
despatch Of his published in In
diana. ''You may buy seven mules" he
telegraphs on election day and all
Indiana is eager to know what the Chair
man of the Democratic National Committee
wanted with ''seven mules" just at that mo-
ment What was the sudden pressure for
mules which led Mr.. Hewitt to so rash an
Investment? Why did he need just seven
and not six, or eight or a hundred? Seven
is a sacred number. Does Mr.. Hewitt always
buy his mules by sevens? or did he do it
because he had dream, and for good luck
This last mule case is greater puzzle than
oil its predecessors. There is nothing in
the constitution forbidding an American
citizen to buy mules or even to buy ''seven
mules" But we did hope to see the mule
completely and finally turned out of Ameri-
can politics, and now here comes Mr.. Hewitt
with ''seven mules" 1t is too bad.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12
The surroxase's once.

This is one Of the offices that the people
have the greatest possible interest in seeing
well filed, but as to which they are singu-
lariy indifferent at the time of election. II
is, for instance, extremely doubtful whether
one in hundred of the men to whom it is
OF consequence that the Surrogate should be
learned lawyer and an upright man ever
go near primary election or attend nomi-
mating convention Of either party yet at
these rough gatherings it is determined, and
not on election day, what man shall hold this
important Office. It is, in fact, gross
anomaly in politics that an officer intrusted
with such interests as the Surrogate of this
county should issue from such q
source, and should for his election
be compelled to commend himself to the
managing elements of Tammany Hall. In
the purest possible democratic system it
would scarcely be proper that tho Surrogate
should be chosen as ours is and changed at
short terms. To fill this Office ideally the
lawyers themselves should choose the officer
for his learning and high character, and.
once chosen, he should hold Office for
life, or during good behavior. But Surro-
gate who issues from the Tammany prima-
ries is soiled at the start, unless his name is
one that they are compelled to present by
the higher mandate of public opinion.
Some such lawyer as John E. Burrill. Charles
M. Da Costa, Lewis L. Delaield or Charles
L. Miller, some man distinguished for
probity and capacity is what is wanted !;
some man who is not political lawyer, and
who, above ALL is not man that the grog-
gerry politicians can, by any stretch of fancy,
regard as one of themselves
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

THE GnRENBAcK PoLIr1cIANs.-Thec calcu-
lations of the Cooper party appear to be
very profound, but proportionately obscure.
If two and two should make Eve in Indiana,
or even four and half. then Tilden would
be withdrawn in some Of the democratic
States and Cooper and Hendricks would be
the new ticket. The Cooper party never
counted much on West Virginia, they say,
and it is certain that they did not count
much in it. The party thinks that State Of
small importance +; but what does the State
think of the party? The only comment We
are willing to risk upon these elaborate pre-
dictions is embodied in the familiar quota
ton of "Nous verrons.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

democratic party, favor sound currency
and reform of existing abuses. If the DEM
ocrats had carried Ohio and Indiana,
or even Indiana alone. by large majority,
all the political heresies which are repre-
sented by "Blue Jeans" and Governor Hem
bricks would have got new life and energy,
and might have claimed dangerous ascen-
dancy in the party. Now they are beaten;
and if the democratic leaders are wise,
if they have courage and craftsmanship,
they will make their appeal boldly, every
where, for sound money, for reform OF
the civil service, for law and order
and for peace and good will. The problem
of the democrats is to secure the confidence
OF the better part of the nation, Of the
thoughtful voters. 1t can do this only by
the frankest and most decisive committal
Of its leaders to oil the reforms which are
needed, and by persuading the country
that ignorance and lawlessness will
have no opportunity in demo-
cratic victory This cannot be done by
appeals to false issues, by political coward
ice or evasion, or by campaign of abuse of
the other side. If the democrats mean to
win they have now an opportunity; but
they must put their statesmen to the front
and speak out. Fortunately for them the
brunt Of their canvass falls in New York
and other Eastern States, where sound prin-
ciples prevail and can get hearing.
This seems to us fair view of the politi-
col situation. The balance of advantage is
on the side of the democrats ; but only on
the condition that they show wisdom, cour-
age and moderation in their canvass and
that they can in one practical detail har-
monize their differences here in New York.
If Mr.. Kelly, rs chief of Tammany Hall, is
to be allowed his way in the local government
Of New York, if he does not see the wisdom
of giving up my candidate" and my
policy" he may yet endanger demo-
cratic success If Governor Tilden is wise
he will induce Mr.. Kelly to surrender his
absurd aspirations to dictate in our city poll
tics. Mr.. Kelly ought himself to see that
this is no time for him to set my candi-
date" and my policy" before the good Of
his party. Even if he were greater man
than he is the situation would demand that
he should resign his unfounded pretensions
and submit himself to the general will for
the success Of his party.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

TuE ELEcr1oNs.-The returns from Ohio
and Indiana substantiate our opinion Of
yesterday. Ohio has certainly gone repubi-
can, and the majority for the State ticket is
said to be about eight thousand, Barnes
running about two thousand behind.
The republicans have carried twelve Con-
gresslonal districts, the democrats seven,
with one district in doubt. In Indiana,
although the dispatches are incomplete,
there is little doubt of a democratic ma
jority, though the republicans gain three
Congressman. The democratic majority in
West Virginia will probably be five or six
thousand.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12
Pach. Kelly and HI. Mayors.

Mr. Kelly is to the city, in regard to the
Office of Mayor, precisely what the Turkish
Pachas are to the Ottoman Empire in regard
to the Office of Sultan. Recently the world
has seen Sultans rise and fall like SO many
puppets in drama of marionettes Abdul
Azziz seemed disposed one day to have will
of his own, and down went the mighty
Abdul, Commander Of the Faithful i; Murad
" stepped in, but did not meet the occasion,
and down went Murad. Abdul Hamid now
holds the slippery place-for how many
days? None can answer but those
who know the plans Of the functionarisi
Of the royal palace, who are in the
shade behind the Sultan and make and
unmake, at their pleasure, the limp figure
which, when made, stands forth as the in-
carnation of all that is most absolute and
arbitrary in kingly rule the world around.
Thus behind our mayors, like whole oil
garchy Of pachas, stands John Kelly, and
converts ON office which should be posi-
ton of real power and Importance into
standing place for his puppets, the dull
procession of which need never fail unless
the breed of commonplace people with
thirst for official dignities should run out,
or the people should lose their patience at
the assumption that they are of no moro
consequence in this city than the stoid
populace of Turkey in Constantinople.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

INDIAN DEpRxDATIoNs. The reported ut
tacks on white men in Wyoming Territory
by small bands of Indians point to
the necessity of vigorously enforcing
the policy of disarming all the tribes
whether friendly or hostile 1t is well
known on the frontier that good deal of
the dcsultory killing by Indians along the
border settlements is the work of what nre
known rs friendly Indians and is caused by
n desire to plunder. Under the existing
system it is very difficult to know the differ
ence between the red men who are our
friends and those who are not. It is, there
fore. prudent to carry the disarming of all
tribes as far as possible. When this salu-
tary system has been put in force for some
years it will be possible to turn the attention
of the Indians toward the cultivation Of hab-
its Of industry. So long as the young bucks
are permitted to swagger about the villages
armed to the teeth and playing the part of
"big braves" all attempts to make the Indian
q self-supporting laborcr must fail and now
and then small bands of aspiring youths will
try to enact the part of heroes by scalping
any unprotected or unwary white man or
woman whom nm evil fortune may have
thrown in their way.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE
The Thoroaus are all dead.

The Thoroaus are all dead.
General o. O. Howard Is In Boston
Schuyler Colfax will visit tho Pacific coast
The polonaise has resolved itself into . mantle.
Joaau,n Miller says that oil work and play, &c.
Kentucky forest trees arc filled with wild pigeons
Secretary Cameron arrived In Washington yestors
day.
olc Bull will spend tho winscr at his home at Nadi
son, Wis.
Senator Simon B. Conover Of Florida is at the FIFTH
Avenue Hotel
bands arc frauds
OF teaching tho piano.
Mr. +. Tanaka, Vice Minister OF Education Of japan,
is At tho 81. Nicholas Hotel.
Tho Winchester Company have sent nftcon million
cartridges TO Turkey this week.
A French provcrb runs .sToll mo whom you love
and viii tell you who you arc"
The Rothschds becoming lax In tho Jewish
faith. and like tho positivism OF Comte.
General John Meredith Read, United statos Minister
TO Greece il at the Filth Avenue Hotel.
Tho San Francisco Neps Letter is publishing lists Of
physicians who pract,sc without diplomas.
Mrs Polk widow Of the cxPresidcnt. will visit tho
Centennial at The beginning OF next month.
A Springfield, Mass, young woman went out on tho
roof with lantern to where the fire
II YOU lived In Chicago yen could havo your name
on your Tom aud Jerry mug at your favorte saloon.
James r. Fields says that tho way to study English
literature Is TO begin with tho authors OF our own day
and work back
II was the Saturday Repie,o that in an article on
spr,tualism urged tho arrest OF CDR" slads under
the vagrancy act.
George Thompson, Of Newport, colored man and
formerly a slave, has Just returned from tho South
with his wife, whom he has found alter separation Of
nity yoars.
Tho Rev. De Witt Talmarc retires from the ed.
torship Of the Christian al Work and assumes that oi
tho Chicago Adrance, which viii hereafter have M
Office in this city.
Professor Atherton. republican, OF Rutgers College,
N j., Is running for Congress In democratic district
and the people want to know whether they cannei
drop politics long enough 70 md substitute for Pre-
h kfsssor sssT&
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

PoL1r1cAL LETTER WnIrxG.-Count Won
Arnim and Prince Bismarck cannot settle
their difficulties. Their correspondence ex.
tends over long periods, and it has taken
the Count from January till now to answer
letter which the Prince wrote to the EN-.
peror in 1873, but which was not published
till the beginning of 1876. Bismarck may
be expected to reply next summer, and then
Won Arnim will write again in the winter.
This keeps their controversy alive, in the
style of sensational novels in periodicals, il
which the instalment ends :-"At this in
slant the Duke Of Highjinks exclaimed, Sir.
you lier to be continued in our next" and
after waiting month in suspense the pub
lie is relieved by learning that Immediately
His Royal Nibs replied, Duke, you are an-
other r" We do not tolerate in America such
interminable delays in political corresponds
ence.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

THE YELLOW FEVER IN THE SouTH.-Mayor
j. f. Nelson, of Brunswick, Ga, and
Mr. j. Nj. Dexter, President Of the Relief
Association Of that city, have addressed
telegraphic letter to the HERALD, announc-
ing that they have received enough money
and supplies to meet the wants created by
the yellow fever, and thanking those who
have contributed to the fund. We rejoice
that the emergency is ended, and are
especially pleased that even out Of the evil
Of the epidemic good has been produced. In
these exciting times the South has had
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

TIE TnRoLI SLAVE CAsE.-An explanation
Of the difficulty which the United States
Consul at Tripoh had with the Pacha is
given in despatch from Malta to-day, and
Mr.. Vidal appears to have been justified in
the course he took. The arrest of the fugi-
tive slave. who was in the Consuls employ,
was irregular, and the demand upon the
Pacha for his release was clearly duty.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12
Everybody Happy.

There never was more successful trial of
party strength than that in the West in
which the country has felt SO deep an inter-
est for some days past. Never have we
known an election as to the results of which
people we're SO unanimous. Everybody is
happy, as everybody has fair reason to be,
for everybody won. With supreme delight,
with scarcely controllable exhilaration, the
enthusiastic democracy read in the brilliant
and pithy paragraphs of the Sun that the
democrats had carried both Ohio and Indi-
ana. With deep consciousness Of the value
of that now historical shirt the republicans
read in the Times that their party had carried
both Indiana and Ohio. With philosophic
calm the people who wanted to know the
real facts of the case read in the HERALD
that these important States were divided
between the two parties Thus every
body had just what he wanted; the
readers Of the HERALD had the news,
the readers of the Sun had o demo-
cratic victory, and the readers Of the
Times were delighted to know that the tidal
waves had run out. 1t is a perennial part of
the bitterness of life in ordinary circum-
stances that every splendid triumph is built
upon misfortune How glorious is the posi-
tion of the general who sends q bulletin of
his victory but what are the thoughts of the
beaten commander? The rowers who win,
the riAemen who score the highest number,
can none of them be happy but their less
fortunate competitors must be covered with
chagrin. Let us congratulate tho country
upon the happy discovery Of the arithmetic
man and the party organs as means of elm
mating this unpleasant condition from party
conflicts at least; for by their methods every
body can have victories and nobody be
beaten.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12
TRIPLE SHEE T
NEW YORK. THURSDAY. OCTOBER ls, 1876.

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the eeather to-day tcA be colder and
generally clear, pith heavy frosts.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

ket showed decrease in the recorded trans
actions of the day and somewhat lower
tendency in prices. Gold opened at 1Os 7-8
and closed at 100. Railway mortgages were
nrm and government bonds steady at the
recent decline. Money on call was supplied
AZ l.2 and 2 per cent
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

GENERAL NEWTON received fine complx,
ment from the Xavier Union last night, and
the address of Mr. Lummis, President Of the
association, and his reply, are elsewhere
published.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

ample assurance that while it may suit poll
ticians to wave ''the bloody shirt" the
people of the North do not follow that
Haunting banner. but believe in the brother
hood of tho States, and are always ready to
answer the call of distress.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

NEW YoRK's WELCOME TO WooDwxBD-In
italian opera style-"Come to my arms, my
slicht acuuaintance."
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

IMAGINARY OUTRAoEs. s.-Governor Chamber
lain diligently grinds the South Carolina
outrage mill and has just reported that three
hundred "men in buckram" recently broke
ppen building where arms were kept and
carried them away. 1t was so dark that
nobody saw them, but the Governor is sure
.hey were white men and rebels. A story of
his kind needs confirmation. The absence
Of any details is enough to make it itsuspected.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

" HAnn1sor should really be elected Gov
ernor of Indiana the democratic candidate
would be blue" Jeans Williams indeed.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

REruRns FROM THE WEsT-Repeaters and
detectives.
The New York herald., 1876-10-12

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The New York herald., 1876-10-12

tn EASTERN QUESTION. x.-Both Turkey
and Servia seem disposed to accept an ar
mistice of six months, but the Porte stipu-
lates that the Powers shall guarantee that it
will be enabled to suppress revolts of dis
appointed Mohammedans, and that it shall
not be exposed to any danger of Servian at
Eacks this winter. These are reasonable de-
msnds, and will, no doubt. be complied with.
Servia is also willing to suspend hostilities,
and the probability that the war, even If
not stopped, will be at least postponed till
spring, appears greater. During the truce
pssce may be established on . permanent
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