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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
The secret Of Success In Life.

Scribner's Monthly says: INo
man now standing on an emf
inence of influence and power,
and doing great work, has arrived
at his position by going up in an
elevator. He took the stair way,
step by step. He climbed the
rocks; often with bleeding hands.
He prepared himself by the work
Of climbing for the work he is now
doing. He never accomplished
an inch of his elevation by stand
ing at the foot Of the stairway
with his mouth open and longing.
There is no "royal road" to any
thing good, not even to wealth.
Money that has not been paid for
in life is not wealth. 1t goes as IL
comes. There is no element Of
permanence in it. The lnan who
reaches his money in an elevator
does not know how to enjoy it so
it is not wealth to him. TO get a
high position without climbing to
it; to win wealth without earning
it; to do fine work without the dis
cipline necessary to its perform
ance; to be famous, or useful, or
ornamental, without preliminary
cost seems TO be the universal de-
sire Of the young. The children
would begin where their fathers
left off.
What exactly is the secret OF
true success in life9 1t is to do,
without flinching and with utter
faithfulness, the duty that stands
next 10 one. When a man has
mastered the duties around him
he is ready for those of a higher
grade, and he takes naturally ono
step upward. When he has mas.
tered the duties of the new grade,
he goes on climbing There are no
surprises to the man who arrives
at eminence legitimately. 1t is
entirely natural that ho should
be there, and he is as much Mt
home there, and as little eIated,
as when he was working patient
ly at the foot Of the stairs.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
The MAN WHO Gave odds.

Detroit Free Prcssl
After a strange man finished
eating a hearty meal at one Of the
stands in the City Hall market
yesterday he remarked to tho
woman:
"As | was sitting down to this
meal ] said to myself that I'd BET
one dollar against the dinner that
| the Greenback candidates would
not carry a single State. If they
do, you have won the dollar and
shall have it."
81 want thirty-fve cents OF
YOU" she replied, pulling off heI
comforter.
"Orrll bet you five dollars
against the meal that the Demo
Gratis carry New York State" he
continued.
81 want my pay or there'll be
trouble right herel" she eXclaim-
ed, slipping off her Bonnet.
"Orpll bet the same sum on the
same terms that the Republicans
will carry it, he remarked, as he
wiped of his sandy goatee,
81 never bet, and ] want my
pay!' she called out, being now
already for action.
Great Heavens! but look at
the odds ] offer you?" he gasped.
~ not only let you bet on either
side, but | offer you the most
fearful odds that have ever been
given since tho advent Of the
Christian era,"
81 can't help the odds,~ she an :
swered, as she got hold OF his
coat-taiI. "You don't leave here
till ] get my money" ~
"Or, III bet you $35 against
this 35 cent debit he went on,
"that neither Hayes or 'l'ilden
will be elected. One Of them
must be, but ! offer to bet they
won't be, simply to permit you
to coin $50 out Of my hard earn
ings. Great Jigs but such ano-
ther offer was never known since
Oliver Cromwell kept a fighting
dog.'
"ThirtyGfe cents" she shrek.
ed, pulling him around.
Last, but not least, I'll bet
you forty to one that ] haven't
had thirty.lye ccuts about me
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
STATE AT LARGE,
DISTRICT.
Sum total, $930.34

Bob Ingersoll gees on talking,
The other day, in Indiana, the ex-
erpises haying been opened by a
glee club, Bob remarked:
"LADlEs AND GENTLBMEN---No-
body eyer could sing and nobody
over did sing like tho Lumbarda
in favor of the Democratic party,
Applause Music bears no rela-
tion TO political meanness Of my
kind. Applause.] Every man
that is q Democrat is a Democrat
because he hates something; ev,
ry man that is q Republican Ia a
Republican because he loves
something. Democracy Of Sh0
modern kind is built upon envy.
upon hatred, and upon ignoraDoh
and upon treason; Republicanism
is built upon love ofliberty, up,
on a love Of iRstiDe, upon n love
Of country, and upon the highest,
the holiest and the noblost aspi,
rations al the human heart. H you
wish 10 make a man Dem9crats
appeal to his envy; il you wish to
make him Democrat, appeal to
his prejudice, appeal to his ig
norance, appeal to his hatred; but
you wish to make a man a Re,
publican appeal to his brain, ap,
peal to his heart. | am Il lIepub;
lean Applause.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

date, in 1859. in 1870, and in 1872
Is there any doubt whether Gov
ernor Hayes stands on this ques-
tion and has stood for seven
years! What utterance on civil
service reform did Mr.. Tildcn give
i'm 1862 His biographers are 81
lent. What declaration did he
make in the year 1870! The Lit
erary Bureau does not enlighten
Us. Had he any convictions,
opinions, or even suggestions,
about civil service reform in 1872
or in any subsequent year prior
to his candidacy for the Presiden
cy? Hhe had, he kept them a
profound secret from the world.
On what side Of the question he
was, no one, not even his bosom
"nincompoop" can find out.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
EIAEsTEAD's OPIEIOX.
IEe Talks AbOuf the Way TO
Manage Elections.
lFmm tl,h Cincinnati Commercial

Parades, noises, and lights, mu-
sic and banners in the screets are
of importance, but after public at
tention is aroused there should
be real rallying and challenging
committees. IT is poor style to
call for volunteers the night be
. fore the election and publish a
| list Of names in the newspapers,
when in half the cases no one
knows whether the men named
have assumed the obligation TO
do the work. The committees
are not for newspaper ornament,
but for street seryice-steady,
ard-fsted application to bust
ness.
There have been H. ,ancholy
utterances becau' sc suggested
that there should be sighting
committees" 1t is perfectly un-
derstood, however, that we mean
by fighting committees, organiza-
tions that will see fair play at the
polls, if they have to fight for it.
We mean committees that would
see that Republican challenging
committees should not be hoot-
ed down, and jostled out Of their
places, and made submissive to
blackguard energy and brute
force. We would have commit
tees that would fight for a gang
way, that all men offering to vote
might be scrutinized, and that
would throttle a repeater.
The rallying committees Of a
ward should not be loosely gath
cred up the night before the.elec-
ton, but organized at least ten
days before, and should repre-
sent every locality in the ward.
They should have a list Of the vo,
tors Of their party in the ward,
with places Of residence, and par
ticular attention should be paid
to the sick. the uncertain, and the
Indifferent; and the committee
should have one hack for all day.
and two for the last two hours Of
voting time.
Again, there should be com
plete arrangements for the nat
uralization Of men entitled to
their movers. There should be a
careful search for such men, and
they should be naturalized with
out themselves having money to-
pay. The Democrats managed
this part Of their business this
time admirably, and gained by it.
three times the majority they
have in the county.
Again, the Republicans should
have taken advantage Of their
right to appoint Assistant United
States marshals at Congressional
elections. What more appro-
pirate place could have been
found for the exercise of this
right than Cincinnati, esposed as
sho is to raids from Kentucky on
election day? There should have
been a vigilance committee of
United States Marshals, and the
idea of appointing them was sup
People who are eX,
tremely sensitive about United
States marshals have the Confed-
crate dry-rot somewhere in their !
system.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
which fs tFGc RclOrmcTl
New York Tribune. !

New York Tribune,
In December, 1869, the Repuh.
lican candidate for the Presiden.
cy wrote to an Ohio member Of
Congress:
"a hope, too, YOU will abolish the
frankihg privilege and adopt the
general principles of Trumbill's
bill and Jenckes' bill. II would
please the people and be right
| and wise"
In his second inaugural, doliv-
cred January 10th, 1870, Cover
nor Hayes condemned the system
under which ''political influence
and political services were
deemed essential qualifications
for employment in the civil ser
vice, and declared that tho quail
fcations should be deficiency
and fidelity to duty" To secure
pormanency in the officers of the
benevolent, reformatory and 9th
er institutions, he recommended
that the State Constitution be
amended with that precise object
in view. BY clear implication he
suggested that the civil service
of the nation be reformed in the
same fundamental way this is,
by means Of an amendment to
the National Constitution.
On March ], 1870, he wrote to n
friend: 81 also agree with you
perfectly on the spoils doctrine,
Thisa you would know if you had
read my last inaugural"
in tha well-known Glendale,
Ohio, speech, delivered Septem-
Der 4th, 1872, after employing the
language subsequently so closely
followed in the letter Of accept
ance, he demands that "the best
obtainable bill be passed." so
that the work of civil service re-
form "sbould be begun"
And he closes his clear discus
SION Of this question with the
familiar sentence: "We ought to
have q reform Of the appoint
mente to the civil service, thor.
ough, radical, and complete"
Here we have four distinct decla-
ralions Of faith on o vital Issue
made by the Republican candi.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

uRADQ'Rs REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE, FIFTH AvENUl
HOTEL
New YoRK, Der. 10Th, 1876
The Republican National Com
mittee congratulate the party
which they represent and. the
country upon the result of the
fall elections already held. In
Maine, a Republican majority ol
less than five thousand has been
increased to nearly sixteen thou
sand. In Vermont, the cid as
tendency has been fully main
tanned. In Colorado, a Demo
cratic majority Of two thousand
has been overcome, and a Repub
licanI Governor and both branch
es of the Legislature elected, Sc
curing two United States Sena.
tors and three Presidential elec.
tors. In Ohia, a Republican ma
jority Of $500 has been increased d
to between 5000 and 10000, and
five Republican Congressman
have been Gained. In Indiana, a
Democrats majority Of 1900 has
been reduced to 5000, with a gain
Of four Republican Congressman
and the Legislature upon joint
ballot-boX and an unparalleled
use Of money by the opposition.
They show the drift of population
sentiment, and clearly indicate a
national victory for the Republi-
can party in November.
All that is now necessary is to
coatinue the vigorous prosecu-
ton Of the canvass, to secure pro
lection for all citizens in the
right of the ballot, to bring all
legal voters to the polls, and to
practice the utmost vigilance
upon the day of election.
Fortunately for the country our
candidates represent the best
spirit Of reform, to which they
are pledged by eE>ry act and ut
terance OF tneir lives; Their sue
cess alone will secure the honest
administration and preserve the
Government from the unfriendly
hands OF those who sought to de-
stroy it, and who now seek to
prey upon its resources.
u. CHANDLER, Chairman,
r. B. MCCORMIK, Secretary.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

During the campaign we have
been issuing and sending out sew
cral hundred extra 2copics, AZ.
ter this iRue n great many will
be cut off. We ask all whose
hands this issue may fall into, that
are not regular subscribers, tc
send in their money and names
at once, Every family should
have a good reliable news paper
just such as The HERALD. Every
intelligent man and woman
knows the worth Of a good paper
so we will not argue that point
We hope our friends will think
fayombly Of the matter and sub.
scribe at once.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

A gentleman of this city writes
to tho Nashville Americaa and
signs himself 'PEEslDENT or THE
ViLDEN AND llENDRIcKs CLUB"
That is the first time we ever
knew thore was such a "cmb" in
Cleveland. We expect that gen
tleman at some timo has imagin-
Cd himself the Democratic Party;
made a grand rally, and while the
enthusiasm was up, elected him
solf President
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

Judge Baily from ClarksyiIe
made a speech in this city last
week. His speech was mild and
gentlcmanly throughout. He is
the first Democratic speaker that
we have ever heard say that
Hayes was really q good man.
Mr.. Baily is in favor Of "Free
Trade" We suppose by that,
that he belongs tn the Middle
Tennessee aristocracy.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

John {. Brown, Governor, and
clique, paid $939,3i as expenses
for the Democratic electors in
1872. Such an outrage wasnever
perpetrated before on the people
of Tennessee. Why didn't they
pay the expenses of the Republi-
can electors also2 Republicans
pay their State taxes! Hthat
is not barclaoe robbery, what isG
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

Next Tuesday the people OF
Tennessee will vote as to who
shall control them for the next
two years. Whether or net the
corrupt administration Of JAS. ID
Porter will be endorsed or wheth-
er Geo. Nancy shall administer
affairs honestly. Let every citi-
zen who has the good Of his State
at heart rally to the support Of
honest Geo. Nancy and all will be
well.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
TaX-PayCrs Look ut This.
Southern Era.]

DOulllCTl ErH.
The subjoined table shows the
amount paid by the Democratic
State Government to the Presi,
Dental Electors in 1872. These
sums were paid as expenses in,
Cured by the electors in coming
from their respective homes to
Nashville. These enormous
amounts were paid without any
authority of lar. The State govern
ment has the sameright to pay the
campain expenses of the Pres
idential Electors as it has to pay
their travelling expenses after
they are elected. Consider more
over the eXtortionate sums charg-
ed and paid. This thing had bet
ter be inquired into by the next
Legislature. The table ia as fol-
lows: q. .s ..u.,.H...
Amounts paid by the State of
Tennessee to the Presidential
Electors for the year 1872;
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

Remember when you go TO
vote next Tuesday, to not vote
for anyma who is in favor Of the
amendments to the constitution.
These amendments, recollect
proposes to take the election Of
Judges out Of the hands Of the
people and throw it into the Leg
islature.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

Republicans, you want to rid
the State of Porter, Thomas, and
all other such men, 60 to the polls
early next Tuesday and work
hard to accomplish that end.
Nothing less than a United effort
will do it.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

Gov Porter passed through this
place few days since and said
the Republicans Of West and
and Middle Tennessee were going
to vote for Thomas. That IL too
thin, Mr.. Porter, you only wish it
was that way. The simple fact
that you publicly make such a
statement is sufficient to show
every one that the Republicans
arc for Nancy
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
TERMS 50 90 A YEAR.

for a month! Come, now,I offer
YOU ever chance TO win"
She gave him two solid kicks,
and was designing and drafting u
third, when he made a bolt 'nnd
left a coat-tail in her grasp.
While an officer was looking for
him around the market he was
placidly surveying the Soldiers
monument and picking his teeth
with a straw.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

The Rim Eared Jack of the
Chattanooga Times don't want TO
believe our Denial in the Chatta-
nooga Commercial. Just let him do
the best he can about it. No one
cares whether he believes it or
not.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

Some fellow has written let
ter from Pikcville, Tenn. TO the
Chicago Iattr Cccaa. Let some one
telegraph the. Cincinnati Enquirer al
once, on tie subject.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

If the gentleman that wrote
that letter to the Cincinnati Com
psercial and signed our name, then
wrote forextra copies for distribu-
ton, will get a few copies Of the
later Ocean of Oct. Goth, he will see
what our opinion Of him is.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

The editor Of the Chattanooga
Times must be a good 'Possum
dog, from the way he is inquiring
of US about the 'Possum crop.
Come up pard and we will take a
hunt. We will take Bob McNelly
along-he is a Coon dog.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

President Grant has proclaimed
November the Both as a day of
thanksgiving and prayer.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03

The Knoxville Chronicle says
that the Grand Demonstration
given Ishan G.. Harris in that
city viii lose to the Democracy
the vote Of nearly every Union
man in that porto Of The country
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
VOLUME |. NO. II.

When you go TO vote see that
Geo. Nancy is on your ticket for
Governor.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
The Ente Elections.
GOngratu1nry Address TO Re-
publican voters from the
Republican National
Committee,

lIKADQ'Rs REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE, FIFTH AVENUE
HOTEL,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-21
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A
POINTER,

Old Don was III the habit of accom-
panyipg ME III my daily rounds at duty,
and was at all times present to give me
hrs society wherev,rI vent His first act
each morning wac TO 60 TO the stable to
see II my horse was being saddl.d, am
sa,lsfivd oi this, he wen d lie down mid
Way tHtaetn tie house end able, t.
command both mas er and horse My
first visit WAS /" NY rrglmen'al hospital;
next, as bal civil charge also, to b
j Ill. Returning une morn'Dg, | Was
srce:ed ON my arrival home by little
pet Bngsl goal that We had brought ny
vi h US from the S.ul hern G. unity, ana
who had teen Dnu's companion. and
shared n sheltered corner "t my teit
:hr"ugh HUI ulie long three and a halt
months 'narcn. Well, on This M rning
Nicely, tor so he gnat w. named. came
running up IN my re urn 10 receive b, r
daily present. oi bread. and rearing her
Seal ON her 3aind legs, placed her fuIe'
egS against me. Tins tv,d, prlJ was too
much tor the old d z. mi y, must,
nave Il" d 'ubt, have been jealous # tins
proceeding, toe IN n moment, though ht
was he best tempered and genls.l deg
! ever knew, be p"unc' upon he goat
and threw her down. ! gave linn Riek
al MI angry VOID; he looked ashamed
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-21
TAR ON FRUIT TREES.

A correspondent of the Agricultural
Department, writing from Montgomery
county, North Carolina, says: accord
ny to the experience of Mr.. Henry Rey-
ids # this county, tar is perfect rem
edy for SCARED and sun cracked apple
'fees. He says that by coating with
new tar the trunk Of favorite fruit
bearer tha: was cracked and SO decayed
tina, the bark was dead and would peel
off. he has restored it fully. He applies
it to all The branches that show signs of
necay. Since practicing this cheap rea-
edy, be has not been troubled with in
secs By applying tar to the trunk, and
cleaning away the surface OF the roots so
AZ to let il run down on them, peach trees
htdly damaged By borers are fully re-
>tored. Replace the dirt, and you will
have no more trouble with the tree for
wo years or more. If the tar is applied
o the young trees, the borers will NOT
.touble them at all. He states that the
coating should be applied in the wInte-
II early in the spring, with new tar"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-21
The Longest Days.

At London and at Bremen, Prus~
STA, the longest day has sixteen and
a half hours; at Stockholm, in
Sweden, the longest day has eight
cen and a half hours; at Hamburg,
i'll Germany, and Dantzlc, in Prus-
STA, the longest day has seventeen
hours, and the shortest seven hours;
at ST.. Petersburg, iii Russia, and
Tobolsk, in Siberia, the longest day
has nineteen hours, and the shortest
five hours; at Ternes, in Finland, the
Longest day has twenty-one hours
and half, and the shortest two
hours and half; at Wardhuys, in
Norway,the day lasts from the 2lst of
May to the 22d of July, without III
terruption, and at Spisznbergen the
longest Cay is three and half
at New York the longest
day, June 10, has fourteen hours and
tittY-six minutes, and at MoEtrea
fifteen and half hours.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-21
HEWITT AND CHANDLER.
A False Pretense Promptly Met With a fata-
tim.
The following congra'ula,ory ad-
dress was issued Yesterday:

The following congra'ulatory ad-
dress was issued yesterday:
Rooms OF TIE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC Con-
8a MITTEE, WASHINGTON,
December Is. 1876
To the People of the United States
The National Democratic Com
mltlee announce IA the result OF the
Presidential el,ction held on the 9TH
ot November. the election Of Samuel
i. Tiiden, OF New York. es Presi
dent, and Thomas \. Hendricks, of
Indiana, as Vice President of the
Uni'ed States. We congratulate
you on this victory for reform. 1t
now only remains for the two houses
Of Congress, in the performance Of
lheir duty on the second Wednesday
in FEBRUARY next, TO give effect to
the will of the people thus expressed
IN constitutional ,node by MAORI
Ity of The electoral votes. and con
tirmed by ma o'ny of the States,
as we'll as by an overwhelming
majority of all the people of the
United States. by order Of the
Executive Committee. ABRAM S.
HEWITT, Chairman.
FREDERICK q. PRINCE. Secretary.
This gross falsshcod was prompt
ly and properly met with the fol-
lowing r.fulation:
WASHINGTON, December Ii, 1876.
To the People !:
An address has tonight been iSsu-
&C by the Democratic committee. Il
Is the last desperate attempt to prop
"a failing cause. Governor Hayes has
been fairly elecred by clear m jority
of the electoral vote. There is no
indication that any righl,m nded
citizen hes d uht as to the result,
The address Of tho Democratic COM
mttee is an impudont and audacious
attempt to prejudice and pegyerl
public judgment. Hayes and Wheel
er are elected, and the will oflhe
American people will be carried out
and maintained. z CHANDLER.
Chairman National Committee.