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The New York herald., 1876-02-21
The French Elections Yesterday.

The fruition of the hopes of those who
wished well to the struggling French Repub-
lie has come with the general elections yes
terday. The moderate republicans have
again triumphed, and the doting friends of
the monarchy and the scheming friends of
the Empire have been beaten ANONYMOUSLY.
The fortune which divided the monarchists
into bitter factions and the Bonapartists into
hostile rabbles has left the way clear for
the solid sense Of France, rejecting all
extremists to pronounce in mass for the con-
servative, practical Republic. The triumphs
of the radicals in the great centres of Paris,
Marseilles and Lyons are, we think, without
danger to the present wellbeing of France.
1t is better that their fiery ebullience should
find vent in the legislative chamber
than behind barricades. Besides, the
Republic needs a good deal of legisla-
ton in their direction, for great
many of their points of political faith,
when stripped of the CHASTITY fantaronade
they wrap them in, are not so unwholesome
as those who break into cold sweat at the
bare mention of the Red Spectre imagine.
In Legislature where they will form
small minority the wheat of their doctrine
may be safely winnowed from its chaff
There is not half the dynamite in these
gentry the old women of politics
fervently believe. The government is
in strong and, we believe, faithful hands.
When the administration has been placed in
accord with the true sentiment of the coun-
try by the ejectment of M. Buffet and the
formation of republican Cabinet, France
can be fairly complimented, not merely on
surmounting her domestic dangers, but on
setting sound republican model to the rest
of Eurone.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

locked up in the banks This is a curious
illustration of the New York democratic
motto STEADY steps toward specie pay
ments no step backward" There would
be steady steps backward at the rate of
seventeen million five hundred thousand
dollars each year, with an ultimate infa-
ton equal to the whole reserves of the banks
We denounce Mr.. Payne's bill as an arrant
measure of imitation under false mask of
preparation for specie payments.
This steady expansion of the currency by
inundating the business of the country with
the present greenback reserves of the banks
would steadily raise the premium on gold,
and as soon as specie payments We're an
nounced there would be contraction of the
currency so immense, sudden and violent as
to bring universal panic and ruin. If this
be the height of democratic wisdom the
country will be slow to trust the democratic
party with power.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

DOW George Brown, a good man, Is dead;
out hardy fishermen who can pull an oar all
day If need be are not scarce in that rugged
Northland. And from the adjoining prov
ince the famous Paris crew-who at the Paris
Exposition races came in ahead of the Lon
don Rowing Club, of Oxford, and of the
rrench Uesnngs-are not at all likely to let
this hne occasion slip. With such a four
from Pittsburg as Morris, Scharf, Coulter
and Kaye, with the Ward and Biglin fours
from the Hudson, Faulkner's fast quartet
from Boston, the Longshores from Portland
and these two excellent provincial teams. if
all will work their utmost in the interval
either the champion British oarsmen will
have to row a magnificent race on the
Schuyll1ill or the colors will still remain ON
this side Of the Atlantic.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

A hghwayman who roams the vast sage brush
plains Of Nevada is called "Alkali jim"
An English reviewer says that theories are the
refuge of genius deficient in spontaneous power
Miranda's marble work for the Centennial is nearly
finished II is entitled "virtue Entering Society"
Queen Elizabeth's nightcap wrought with gilded
silk and she always had two pillows all to herself
Marc Antony's daughter had earrings attached to
the lamprey cells that used TO in her fish pond
An English judge says that the legal theory OF hus-
band and wife being one person figure OF speech.
When oranges we're first introduced into Germany
the pastors opposed to them rehnements full
OF danger"
English mothers are satisfied with teaching their
children how speak; French mothers instruct them
how TO talk
Hon E. G. squer will soon publish bis studies
among the antiquities of Peru The English scientific
press herads the book with considerable enthusiasm
Thornton Hunt, son OF Leigh Hunt once swapped
wives with G. II. Lewes the historian OF philosophy
Mr. Lewes is now the husband OF George Eliot, the
greatest student OF character since Shakespeare
1t was rumored yesterday that the venerable Car
dinal McCoskey was seriously i'll, and the news pro-
duced profound impression among all classes Of
etv INJURY however showed that the Cardinal had
merely caught a cold aud would, no doubt, be out
usual In a day or two.
Away down East toward the home OF 'Jim Baine's
Bub"
There nourishes fair city sometimes called ths
Club"
In q, there resides host OF friends who will stand By
vour Senator Roscoe Conkling
tln his political journeyl
AS the French stood by Napoleon in his march on TO
ssMoscow-to-win"
Hon NJ. c. Kerr, Speaker Of the House Of Rcpresen
tatives whose falling health necessitated temporary
suspension OF duty days ago. arrived in this city
in company with his WIFE Friday last and has since
been stopping with Mr. Thompson, a friend, al his
house No. 235 Madison Mr. Kerr's purpose in
visiting this city to place himself under the treat
men OF his physician, ex-Surgcon General william A.
Hammond OF No 43 West Fifty.fourth street. Dr.
Hammond stated last evening that the Speaker Is
almost entirely recovered and that there very lts
probability OF relapse. lie is much improved in
health as 70 enable him TO return 10 Washington,
which he will do early this morning to attend the
meeting Of the Democratic National Committee which
will be held at Wizards Hotel this Speaker
Kerr will resume his duties As Speaker OF tnc Houae 81
! Wednos morning
The New York herald., 1876-02-21
The Centennial Rifle Match.

From every point of view it would be
highly regrettable if the English rifemen
should decline to send out team to COM
pete in the centennial rifle match. They
had team entered hundred years ago, and
it would not be gratifying to see them un-
represented now. The targets on both sides
were not on the Wimbledon model then, but
they were just as trying to the marksman's
nerve and skill. That celebrated match has
passed so entirely into the domain of history
that the descendants of the English team
can look back to it as serenely as they do to
the Wars of the Roses, or as we do, who thank
fully enjoy its fruits The century which
has rolled round finds us calling all the
nations of the earth to join us in a
hymn of thanksgiving, and the response
has been as hearty as we could desire. Our
their warmest anticipations was that of greet
ing an English team. Who, they argued,
can be more friendly than the children of
old-time chivalric foes, over the deep grave
of whose quarrel the olive has bloomed a
hundred times? What salvo of rejoicing
would be complete without the peaceful
powder smoke of those whose battle cloud
arose from the trenches that faced our own?
Whatever kindly sentiment there may be
about our centennial rifle matches demands
imperatively the presence of an English
team, and we are much mistaken if anything
will prevent the Englishmen of to-day from
taking their part in friendly trial of skill,
4 Ga11 60 cta
pose they came cheerily in thousands to look
along their shining barrels q hundred years
ago.
We have seen it stated that the English
rihemen expected to come as part of an i'm
perial team and failing that not to come at
all. This, we sincerely trust, they will reject
as too hasty a conclusion. We have pointed
out in these columns that the plan of an inn
perial team has its weaknesses but we see no
occasion at present to repeat the argument,
as our grounds for hoping to see the English
riAemen among us this year lie outside all
calculations upon the scoring strength of
those who accept the American invitation.
The gallant acceptance of the Scotch rifle
men makes it Us impossible to get an imperial
team as it would be to make q triangle out of
one side and base The acceptance of the
Canadians, who are part of the British En-
pire, shows that they are determined to
participate. We have little doubt that the
gallant Irishmen will also respond for them
selves, and hence the Englishmen should
take counsel with their acknowledged
prowess before the butts, and, waving all
as Englishmen, pure and simple, in the con-
test to come.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

The PosT OFFICE INVESTIGATION by the
Committee of the House of Representatives
has brought number of witnesses willing
to testify to malpractice in high places in the
department; and now the department re-
taliates by publishing the record of some of
those who have given testimony. These
certainly show badly for the reliance to be
placed on such witnesses, and if the charges
rest on their statements alone they cannot
injure anybody. 1t must, howsver, be re-
membered that vital facts often become
known to the worst Of men, and when con-
current testimony supports them their evil
dence has q certain value.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21
The Fast Professional Oarsmen Alive
TO the Situation.

The hint to American professional oars
men in the HERALD Of the 1st inst, that if
they mean to win at Philadelphia they must
bestir themselves nightly, has already been
promptly taken up. One of the four then
suggested as fittest to keep the worlds cham
pionship on this side of the Atlantic, where
it has now remained for nearly five years,
has put himself in communication with the
others with view to making up the pro-
posed team. Three Of the Ward brothers
are announced as on the lookout for suit
able fourth man, and any man who breathes
will have to work hard if he thinks he can
fill that place. And now the word comes
from Halifax that her four mean to be on
hand, and that q purse of two thou
sand dollars has already been made
up toward showing the whole world
the very best product the Bluenoses
will have to exhibit. And they need not re-
gret their readiness, for when England's two
fastest fours visited this country in
1871, and rowed in Halifax Harbor q
terrible race of nearly seven miles,
the renowned Taylor winship crew-with
Joseph Sadler, the champion sculler OF the
world, at one of their midship thwarts-only
led these modest Haligonians across the fin-
ish line by two seconds, while the Biglins
were three lengths behind and the other
English crew were nine. To bes their
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

IMPURE MnK.-Any legal means of pre-
venting the adulteration of milk will be
hailed with JOY by the community, which
too often pays the price of milk for large
proportion of water. The proposed law is
intended to prevent adulteration by the
wholesale dealers who supply the city re-
tailers, and if this is accomplished it will
be a long step in the right direction. 1t will
not go far enough, however. An immense
amount Of the water and other adulterations
are added after the arrival of the milk in
the city. the commonest way of doing this
being for the dealers to carry can or two Of
water. plain or colored. in each cart to the
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

The PULPIT YEsTERDAY.-If ever meteoric
influences were favorable to that lifting MP
of the heart which the higher emotions Of
religion need yesterday was on instance
The fresh cool air and the radiant sunshine
of themselves invited the soul to worship of
the Giver of all good, and the ministers had
an easy task in turning this feeling of joy
Gus reverence to account. The Rev. Nor
gan Dix, in telling his congregation
that we want clear heads and good
weapons for the contest of life; Father
Elliott, in praying men to open their
hearts TO the heavenly seed DR.. Hepworth,
in preaching that "the prayer of the right
eous is a delight to the Lord = Mr.. Beecher,
in pleading for broad and breezy reading
of Gods Word Mr. rockingham, in pictur-
ing the bright thoughts Of life that come at
sight Of newborn babe Mr. Steele, in his
hopeful view of our unsectarian constitu-
tion, all touched responsive chords in the
human breast. At the Hippodrome multi
tudes brought the inspiration Of the day to
the aid of the revivalists and SO the Lord
was ma0nifed
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

BLowINs HoT AND CoID.--It is very pain
full to record the fact that the attitude of
President Grant to Secretary Bristow in rela-
tion to the whiskey fraud trials exhibits the
former in the light of one urging aloud one
day what he doggedly attempts to prevent
the next Even as policy this is mistake,
for Grant is thus making Bristow the most
important man in the country. Bristow
must not let himself be driven out, no mat
ter what annoyance it costs him to remain.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

The CHARGES AGAINST SENATOR SPENcKR
are to be investigated by the proper commit
tee of the United States Senate. In another
portion of the HERALD will be found the
specifications selected. They do not en-
brace all the charges of corruption in OBJ
tanning his seat which were presented by the
State Of Alabama. II, however, any of those
remaining should be made good the duty of
the Senate is plain.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

depots, and then. at favorable moments, to
mix the adulterations with the milk This
can be done SO easily, simultaneously with
the delivery to customers, owing to the dark
ness OF the early hours and the absence OF
people from the streets, that the retailers
and, above all, the storekeepers who sell
milk through the day, will require looking
after
The New York herald., 1876-02-21
The state Charities Aid Association.

The State Charities Aid Association.
The qualification with which the public
have greeted the notice that Mr. Charles
O'Conor has sufficiently recovered from his
dangerous illness to venture to preside at a
public meeting to be held this week. bears
remarkable testimony to his place in the
affection of his townsmen. In the history
of New York we recall no previous instance
of such public position as his, achieved
aside from the opportunities and honors of
office nor do we recall the name Of any citi-
zen whose labors for the public good, either
in Office or out of Office have been more
disinterested. 1t is well known to Mr..
O'Conors friends that the universal anxiety
with which the daily bulletins of his condi-
ton were watched while for several weeks
he trembled between life and death was his
greatest astonishment when he first learned
of it during his convalescence. Perhaps it
was natural that one trained like himself in
the strict ways of sensitive integrity should
wonder why the public were tenderly anx-
ious about him in this era of successful
cheats and shams. Both the fact and
the surprise were honorable and no less
honorable both to Mr.. OConor and to the
public is the cordiality of the greetings with
which the announcement is received of his
return to his old fields of duty and useful
ness.
The occasion upon which Mr. O'Conor is
to preside-the fourth annual meeting of the
State Charities Aid Association, at Masonic
Hail. in Twenty-third street, on Thursday
evening relates to branch of the public
service in which he always has taken an in
tense interest. On previous occasions he has
attested in writing his sense of the value of
the association as "a benign and thus far
successful effort under the lead of Miss
Louisa Lee Schuyler, its lady president, to
rescue charity from the selfish clutches of
the politician office-holder." Now we may
expect from him some wise words in speech
upon the contrast between the efficiency of
our public institutions of charity with those
organized and governed by the voluntary
benevolence of private citizens, and
generous tribute to the good work of Miss
Schuyler and her associates.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

THE FALL OF EsTELIA settles the chances
of Don Carlos These chances need not
have existed so long if Spain had any heart
in the work of driving out this fimsy Pre-
tender. 1t now remains to be seen whether
the war will enter on the guerilla stage.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


VARIETY Al, sp GLOBE THEATRE.
BOOTHS THEATRE
JULIUS CESAR, atsP NJ Mr. Lawrence Barrett
v,,,,rv THEATRE coMIQUE.
GRRMANIA THEATRE
DER VEILCHENFRESSER, at 7. NJ.
TlyoLI THEATRE
VARIETY. at 8 p. NJ
TwENTY.THIRD STREET OPERA HOUSE
CALIFORNIA AINsTRELs, at $ r. NJ
WOODS MUSEUM
sHARKEY, at p. NJ Matinee at ? r. NJ G. S Nichols
THIRD AVENUE THEATRE
wALLACK's THEATRE
FHE sTooPs TO CONQUER, ats r. NJ Mr. Lester Wal
oLYMPIC THEATRE.
VARIETY atsPM
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
EAST LYNNE, at p. NJ. Lucille Western
EAGLE THEATRE.
UNCLE ANTHONY, ats sP. NJ.
BROOKLYN THEATRE.
QUEEN AND WOMAN, at p NJ. Mr Fred Robinson.
TONY PASTORS NEW THEATRE.
VARIETY, at 5 p. 81.
,. UNION SQUARE THEATRE
ROSE MICHEL, at 8 7. NJ.
v,ro BRooKLyS AcADEMY OF MUSIC.
LA FAVORIrA, at L. NJ. Mile. Iitiens.
PARK THEATRE.
BRASS at p NJ George Fawcett Rowe
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN
EXHIBITION OF WATER CoLoRs
. FIFTH AvENUE THEATRE.
PIQUE at 8 p. NJ. Fanny Davenport.
THIRTY.FoURTH STREET OPERA HOUSE
VARIETY, at s 7. NJ.
BowERY THEATRE
81 SLoCUM, at s p. NJ. Frank r Frayne
PARTISAN VARIETIES
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs, atsP.M
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

SERvIA calling out her troops and ordering
oil men between twenty and fifty to report
to the conscription officials puts an unhope-
full look upon the peace prospects in the
East In spite of all the proposals and
plans for reform it cannot be definitely said
that the great Powers are not anxious to
settle the Sick Man S affairs heroically.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21
Cold Feet.

Some people profess to like cold feet, but
it is not often the case that they like those
cold feet to be their own. Cold pigs feet
(pickled) are wholesome for men, even if
not healthy for pigs. Calfs-foot jelly is
quite delicacy when cold. But with these
instances the merits of cold feet so far as we
remember, end But at the point where the
few merits end the innumerable evils begin.
Death should be painted, not as a skeleton,
but as a centipede, shaking his frozen heels
in defiance of his foes-the doctors.
Any person interested in the study Of cold
feet will find the best field in New York
street car. There is generally on a chilly
day or night nice draught from the door,
and, as it is the nature of cold air to sink
and warm air to rise, the passenger has the
benefit of two temperatures which are
equally disagreeable. His feet are often
below zero while his head is above boiling
point. The extremely tall man named
Shell, of whom it was written that 'to stick
his head in heaven he must thrust
his feet in hell" was not more ac-
customed to thermometrical extremes.
The doctors tell US that to be well we
ought to keep our heads cool and our
feet warm but the car companies are not
managed by the medical faculty. A lady
passenger may have on thin shoes or a gentle
man thin boots, but the companies care more
for their own punches" than they do for
other peoples "cobblers. What care these
cold-hearted directors for the cold-footed
public? So long as the conductaire punches
in the presence of the passenjaire buff trip
slip for six cent fare, what is it to
them whose toes are froze? They en-
dure none of the evils they inhct, for
never was q street car director seen in one of
his own cars. If seventy people ride to
Harlem in Third avenue car it is safe to
say that not one of them has anything to do
with the management of the road. If we
could compel the directors to ride in their
own cars there would be no necessity for the
press and the Legislature to enforce reform.
The rule would be as beneficial as P,nchs
plan for preventing railroad accidents,
which was to put railroad president on the
cowcatcher.
Cold feet in the street cars contribute
largely to the death list of the city. Nothing
is more appropriate to the scene than the ad-
vertisement of a doctor in the panel
of a car. The man who is contracting
pneumonia from a crack in the door, or who
is getting lumbago from window that will
not shut the lady who is absorbing
bronchitis from a river of cold air along the
Aoor, and he who at once hangs on to a strap
and a consumption, all have the inestimable
privilege of reading of the remedies for
those diseases. This is the only favor the
companies see fit to bestow upon the public.
But, stop we are wrong. Their advertising
directories may be still more useful, for
sometimes they are kind enough to place in
their cars the sign of an undertaken.
THE Story OF Mrs. THOMAS, the widow of
the author of the dynamite horror, as told
elsewhere in an interview, adds another
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

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The New York herald., 1876-02-21

From olT reports this morn ing the probabilities
are that tie ,oedther to-day loW be cloudy, aoith
rain al night.
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NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 81. 1916.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

The Story OF Mrs THOMAS, the widow of
the author of the dynamite horror, as told
elsewhere in an interview, adds another
deeply interesting chapter to that fearful
tale, which would seem incredible in the
pages of romance
The New York herald., 1876-02-21

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
RoPRIETOR.
The New York herald., 1876-02-21
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