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bound no with old rags. Similar perils are
only too plenty at American watering
places. They can beaverted by the watch
fulness OF the visitors IL they Will only Dc
quick to detect the evil, aud firm In de-
manding its instant remedy.
Wherever summer residents In the coun-
try feel reason to apprehend that unseen
Nth is present in dangerous proximity,
the abundance or absence OF the common
house fly may be an indication OF some
value as to any real ground for anxiety.
According to the modern scientific view,
flies are great purifiers. They act as air
soavengers, and hence must usually live
where there IS loathsome work to do. In
q paper recently read before the Boston
Natural History Society, Prof. A. s. PACK
ARD, the well-known entomologist, said II
might be regarded rs an axiom that wher-
ever flies most abound, death-dealinR and
baneful filth is most abundant, and filih
diseases, such as cholera, dysentery, diph-
liberia, typhus and typhoid fever, congre-
gate. II this is indeed an axiom, there are
some villages in the White Mountains
which must be simply wbited sepulchres.
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ago, that fashionable women were too
much given to tippling. The evidence
indeed aooumulates, that the statements
then made were founded in fact. The
tendency Of fashionable women to get
into the habit of using stimulants is some-
thing OF which every physician in large
practice is aware; and the deplorable re-
suits which come from it, hidden from the
knowledge of their acquaintance, but
necessarily known to their doctors, are of
sort to warn all women against seeking
to gain the artificial excitement to be got
out of alcoholic stmulants.
IL is undoubtedly true that many OF
our women who indulge In the dissipa-
lions Of fashionable society are given to
drinking champagne and even spirituous
liquors. The practice also is growing.
and its baleful results are apparent TO
any one who is well acquainted with
the lovely creatures who adorn our gay
saloons of fashion. Not long ago young
girl, who hau developed charming
capacity for music and happy social
tact, became so hopeless victim Of
dipsomania that she was taken to
an asylum, where her appetite could be
restrained, IA complete aud shattered wreck
at the opening of womanhood. This is only
one case out of many. The habit starts
with the experience Of the stimulating
effects OF liquor after the exhaustion Of
fashionable dissipation, or when 1t Is de-
sired to start gayety that does not come
spontaneously. The stimulant soon and
easily becomes necessity, and before she
herself is aware of il the woman is u topper.
Within the last twenty years the free
dom with which women drink wines and
other liquors has become greater and
greater. There are some of them in FASH
ionable life who really seem to have
stronger heads than men, and to be able
to carry their wine, brandy, aud liqueurs
with n steady gait and tongue in no wise
thickcned; but the more delicate nervous
organization of a woman causes the effects
of the strain TO be more serious than in
the case of man. A woman, too, who
once acquires the habit of drinking is apt
to consume an enormous amount OF liquor
OF all sorts. II our physicians who practise
among the fashionable people of the city
could reveal their knowledge on this sub
ject, IL would astound the public.
OF course we do not bring this charge of
dipsomania against our ladies generally.
II is in truth only In exceptional cases
that II exists; but we deplore the cir
cumstance that more or less OF drink
ing Is growing 10 be looked on rs a venlal
offence in fashionable women. 1t is q
dangerous vice. and in its train are likely
to follow others still more dangerous.
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The Typhoid Fever Season.

There are probably at this moment hun
dreds of city people in the various country
places of New England who VIII soon I'M
necessarily fall i'll of typhoid fever. No
intelligent person AT all conversant with
sanitary science can visit our summer re-
sorts without being amazed at the invita-
ton they offer to the outbreak OF this dis
ease. Dormant during the summer il
seems to wake into life in the autumn
months. and the ignorance or carelessness
which suffers its seeds TO terminate amid
the loveliest surroundings, pays fearful
penalty To death. 1t is only when country
hosts can be made TO understand that sew
age aud drainage are really subjects Of i'm
portance to human life itself, aud that the
destruction, and not merely the conceal
ment, OF effete matter is essential that we
shall have the needed reform. This can
best be promoted by the active Interior
ence OF the city guests, but TO interfere
wisely they must know something about
the laws of health themselves. The trouble
Is, they seldom do.
At innumerable New England homes
the principal receptacle Of the house
drainage is within ten or twenty feet of
the well Sometimes the well is above it,
sometimes below. In either case. sewage
contamination is apt TO occur. Toward
the end of summer the water in the well
falls very low ana begins to have an I'M
pleasant taste. The family OF summer
boarders endure this for some time, but
the taste and finally the odor become too
much, and they cannot drink the water
There is talk of dead animals in the wen,
and the water is all drawn out but the
fresh water soon manifests the same vice
Some guest at length ventures to suggest
that possibly there is communication be-
tween the refuse vault and the sources of
the well. This excites the ridlcule of the
farmer who does not see how the contents
OF the vault can run up hill, and the in
dlgnation of the farmers WIFE who re-
marks that her children have drunk the
water all summer long, and were never
better But the guest, if he is wise, does
not allow his family to remain at that
house. The next year he casually hears
that one Of the hosts household died of
typhoid fever last winter.
Far oftener, however the danger Is by
no means so obvious to the senses of taste
aud smell. To guard against II we must
iclneHDei thal Nhlcl - ploDhbly the chlel
agent in the dissemination of enteric or
typhoid fever On going into the country
for the summer, the water supply of the
propo ed residence should Mt once be ex-
amned. Isit liable 10 contamination from
the sewage Of the house or from the drain
age Of the outhousesl If the well is with
In short distance OF any reservoir of
nth there can be no doubt Of the danger.
An instance has been brought to our atten-
uon tins summer where tho pipes through
winch the drinking water was pumped
INTO me house passed directly through q
so"nge vault, and carried up some OF its
contents to mingle with the water through
accldehG' apeItures which had been
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What Tiiden has Done-Let Hayes show
Something 10 Match IL.

When Tilden was installed Governor of
New York he set about showing his Dem ocrat ic
faith by his works. lie reformed tue manage
ment OF the canals so that, while for the pre-
NOus ten years the canals hdd cost the taxpay-
ers over two ana a half millions annually on IN
average, IN 1876 the tax Is nothing, while tue
canals were never kent IN better order. lie re-
duced the State tx about one hall the amount
OF the years under the Republican DIX admins
tration. iiere Is specimen of his perform
ances, which we Ind in the Albany Argus, and
wnicn the reader will see Is no east-winI oIet
fed to the taxpayers (:
Gov Tlden has reduced the state tax of AlEghany
county t63,2Bl 20 t32 So % reduction OF
t3U.3uD.S5, 7 nearly Ouehat
GOV liden has reuuceu the state tax Of ChemBng
county from tte42b 81 to t36,i2e va reduction ~
Gov. Tiiden has Re uced the State tax Of Geu..a
county from tvs.bidA TO tbl, 2S5.33-a reduction Of
az 81 81 or neary One-naf
COY II den ma reduced the state tax OF Livingston
county trom tlul ~ 20 to2bJs.JV-a reduction Of
tiS.6ido5 or nearly one.ha4f
~ from t27 SEP TO ti5,623 reduction OF $751;
Gov Illden has reduced tho state tax OF Niagara
county from tlOl,vBOO0 TO <J5,5oSbO reduction VI
ESQ. 3B4ip, or nearly onehaif.
Gov / lden ha- reduced the state tax of Ontario
county from tl.s71lhO TO t6d,S3ssS-a reduc ion OF
col. S22 A. or nearly one-hali.
Gov 1i'ucn has reduced the state tax OF Orleans
count from fils4. vi 60 tSs.0So ia reduction Of
go, 259I5. or ncaii one'hslf
Gov. 1ii0rn ms redueed the State tax OF steuben
county from tbg2a-po 10 t6l,t2o5b-a reduction OF
$i7 .JOd39. nrariy one-half
Gov. THE has reduced The state tax OF Wayne
county from tllO,llll2 to t5177d.7O-a reduction -
t5x. "a AZ, or neary Onr-haf
Gov. lnen has reduced the State tar Of wyoming
county irom toO,3d2S5 TO ISL So6.4s-a reduction Of
t2S,ivd %, or neary one hall
Ilden has reduced the State tax OF Ya'es coun.
" from eos, $3.50 90 t2S,9S9ld-a reduction OF t20
7dJ.4O, or nearly One-han.
That Is specimen only. Now, Mr. HAYES,
you can step To the front ana show what you
have done IN the way Of reform.
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secor Robeson's Man Friday Working for
the Election Of Gen. Banks.

Some time before Gen. Banks's deolara-
tion IN favor of HAYES and Wheeler, " was his-
pered with sorrow by the Generals Liberal
friends that he had made bargain with tue
Administration by which he was to receive the
navy ward support this fall. lie lodged the vote
on tue kobeson report, announced himself for
the Grant candidates, ana "a already getting uis
rewsrd Isaiah Hanscom arrived last week at
the navy yard and imme diately ordered one
hundred men To be taken on.
No one Knows what work ts to he done, for
none Is necessary. IL Is probable. however, that
the i've oak. which WAS moved from one shed to
another last wear In the vain endeavor to elect
Messrs. Guoch ana Frost, will now Toe moved
back again for the sake OF Gen Banks. there
II aiso one OF those famous bending machines
at tue Cbaflestown yard, which may he uut In
use To destroy timber. Secretary Robson, h "
ing escaped impeachment for tie time, will pro-
vide the means Of payment Tor the voters EN-
ploy ed. lie Gas begun by putting on halt-pav
those officers OF the navy who testified against
him before the Investigating Committees: and
thus, although Congress appropriated the full
amount asked In the estimates tor the pay OF
navy officers, ne will bleed them enough TO Sc
cure n sum iisnt navy yir / corruption fund.
COnsti uctor Ianscom ran the navy ward last
year IA political machine, ordering the en-
pioyment OF men because "the Administratio n
desires the success OF GOoch aud Frost" Since
that time committee ot Congress has investi-
gated MIS- operations and found hun guilty OF
numerous frauds upon the Government. or
one OF these, done through subordinate, the
committee say " The whole clam bold
ana impudent fraud, and It's payment An em-
bezziement OF that amount OF puolic revenues,
with the knowledge, cUnsent, AID friendly aid
OF the Chief Of the bureau" Bat TINS man liz
stH retained In the service and employed TO
hire voters for Administration candidates.
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The Desperate Campaign of the Rcpublica ms.
Nom The huli0u

The canvass consists Ca the Republican
side almost wholly OF attacks on lllden's per
sonal aud professional character, which until
now (he Is 6d Years old has always been con
sideted very good and even So late ms 1871 ne
was CORDIALLY treated by tue NeiU York Times,
and recommended for election to the Legisla-
ture as man of high character But II Is as
tonlshng to see how mueh wichedness he " as
all tne time keeping concealed. Ninsluw ap-
pears TO have been nothing TO MIN In the matter
OF hypocrisy for during ~ years he has been "A
leading lawyer, and the administrator Of large
trusts, aud fhvorite counsellor of embarrassed
individuals and corporations, without being cX-
posed. he chiet charge against him IL,
however, his Appropriation OF certain stock
and bonds OF the Tetre llaute railroad,
which We discuss elsewhere. We perceive
in one paper charge that he also
" Hooded Northern Michigan with f4,OlOOOl OF
bogus money from whicn 1t would appear that
lie has been one OF the most prominent counter
was drunk on the night Of his nomination APP
pears to be settled, and We are in daily cNpecta-
ton VI hearing that he defrauded all insurance
company Dy arson. He also tried To prevent MS
prosecution in the lerre Haute " affdir by hav-
Ing the attorney of his pursueT5 made corport-
ton counsel. MIR. Hewitt made brilliant de-
fence of hlm IN the House OF Representatives,
on the last night of the session. as regards ms
war record; hut IN this the Times mas pricked
one or two b holes. 1t is curious to see how
charges grow. he circular issued bY the
Ring IN 1868 10 the country Democratic commit
tees TO telegraph the maJorltes TO New York
name attached to II. lie prom pity denied that
he signed 1t or knew OF its existence but we
nevertheless now see 1t referred TO us nis cele-
DTateU private letter.
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An Indiana philosopher, Mr.. ]. B. HY-
nER who Ia now staying at the Brevoort Place
Hotel In this city, seeks information from The
Sun respecting matter In whioh he says num-
Der OF his Indiana friends are so much Interest
ed that they have written to him about IL. They
ask him. and he asks us:
ITO give in Tnr SUN The history OF Gov. TrLprN,
ers and sspers With their fS e. their resdenee
their ages, and all other details"
This would no doubt be instructive and enter
tanning reading for Nj. HYhER's Indiana friends.
II the history IN question were properly done, It
would, In beginning with Gov. TuDEN's grand
father, depict him as a man OF sound coDstitu-
ton, perseveriug industry, stern integrity, and
strong sense. living a useful and upright life,
and then, after having reached green old age,
gathered unto his fathers In a quiet graveyard
mong the hills OF Columbia county. 1t would
then depict that Rrandsires son, the farmer
who was Gov. Tu.DEN's father, and who is still
remembered by many people, not only as man OF
mental power and personal virtue, but as thor
ough gong Democrat OF the JACKSON school,
a believer 10 THOMAS JEFFERSON, ANDREW
JACKSON, MARTIN VAN buren,. WIN. L. MARCY,
and SILAs WRIGHT. Then, getting down to the
three sons OF Gov. TtLpES's father ELAN, II
would take them up one after the other, till II
reached the youngest, who has won celebrity as
the great Reformer. 1t would not only give their
full names, their ages, and their residence, but
many other particulars about them which would
enable MIR. HyMER's Indiana friends to obtain
very interesting view Of the genuine quality Of
the ancient 1tLDEN stock.
But then we must inform Mr. HYMER that
though his curiosity and that OF his Indiana
friends might thus be gratned, 1t would be at
the expense OF very improper Intrusion. Gov.
TILDEN Is candidate for President, but his
grandfather John and his father ELAN were
not candidates, and he has no brothers who are
candidates, OF who take any such part in poiti-
cal affairs to make their names public proper
~. Tho people may be entitled TO know that
Gov TILDEN comes Of an honest and healthy
family; but even though he be Presidential
candidate, they have no right TO pry into the af-
fairs Of all the members OF his family.
MIR. HYMER tells us that the local papers out
In Indiana, as well as his friends there, desire
him to procure the records and the history OF
the members OF the TILDES stock, as far back
as Grandfather JOHN but we apprehend that
the Indiana editors have put this work on him
merely that they may get some attractive
sketches gratuitously. We have told them as
much az they need to know.
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"A Fra UD ON IMPORTERS.
The Order for the Retention Of samples Of
Certain Kinds of Goods.


To THE EDITOR Oh The SUN-Sir: II the
Mayor OF this city should address letters to the
heads Of departments instruc citing them to take
and preserve for the inspection Of his agents or
other use portion of all moneys paid into their
hands, or Of all moneys paid out by them to
public creditors, II would neither be a more sur
prising. i'm pudent, or outrageous order than the
one just issued by Secretary OF the Treasury
Morrill, DIN IN oral 1t should read) instructing the
Appraisers OF the United States, on and after
the lst Of September next, to rob every package
OF goods paying ad valOrem duties OF portion OF
Its contents, regardless Of value, for the alleged
nimsy purpose OF preserving samples" Tor
future reference.
win you inform an importer. who is to be vic
tmized by the brutal power mot right OF the
Secretary OF the Treasury, aud nave his importa-
tons purlUined by cormorints In ONCE, where
the tdis)honorable Secretary finds law for hts
audacious order, and what IL my remedy for
having my goods stolen by Custom house en-
pioveesY Cannot obtain a warrant Of arrest
against the parties for larceny from any Police
Justice. or must cease Importing or submit to
be plundered7
Seemingly &c might appear that the secretary's
order contemplated only the abstraction OF
small pieces OF little or no-yaiue but Is there
any limit to the Rreediness OF an ofncial with hts
hand 10 my boxp The order refers to all kinds
OF goods subject to ad vaorem duties. and
under IL will be distracted YARDS Of silk. cloths,
lace. and other valuable fabrics gloves. stock
inrs, shawls. lace handkerJhiefs, ribbons,
watches, jewelrv, &C, &C. But in addition to
this, the very permission to the Custom House
clerks to taxi samples will be a bonanza such as
IL Is now the practice at the Appraisers
department In this city to sell hundreds
other articles, obtained as samples" and pay
the proceeds tnto-tbe Treasury of the United
states $50 said); property which belongs to i'm
porters, the proceeds OF which sh ouid toe paid to
them. L. not this fresh scheme Of Grsntisn
to procure money TO perpetuate the Lresent
Administration In the election OF HayesS
AN IMPORTER.
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One Of the most prominent men in the
South Is IsnAM q. HARRIS, who was Governor
Of Tennessee at the breaking out Of the rebel
lion, and who took an active part In the seces-
sion movement. Recently he was nominated
by the Democrats Of that State for eeotor for
the State at large, an Office which seems to be
considered of great importance there; but the
opposition manifested against him in conse-
quence OF bis rebel record was such that he
withdrew his name from the ticket. His letter
OF withdrawal is a manly and patriotic pro-
ductlon, beside which the harangues OF
MORTON and his kind seem pltiful In
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Drinking Among Fashionable Women

The coroner's inquest in the BRAVO case
in England brought out many startling
facts concerning the manner of life OF II
family which moved In high circle of
English society and enjoyed all the adj
vantages and luxuries of wealth. The
revelation made of the moral character of
both Mr.. and Mrs. BRAVO is of sort to
awaken thought, if not to excite great sur
prise, in any one who knows something OF
the tone of modern fashionable society.
But there is only one of the facts dis
closed, a skeleton snatched from the closet
Of the BRAVO household, to which we shall
now refer. 1t is that which concerns the
drinking habits of Mrs. BRAVO. 1t seems
that she was an inordinate consumer Of
intoxicating liquors, and was not stranger
to actual drunkenness. On the night of
her husbands poisoning she was so far
gone under the effects Of bottle OF sherry,
to say nothing of drinks between drinks,
that she was unable to comprehend the
exact situation when 1t was explained to
her. Nor was this an exceptional expe-
Renee with her She was in the habit
Of getting into that condition, and the
fact was known TO all her servants. Yet
she was lady who frequcnted the country
houses of the English nobility, and, pre-
vious to the poisoning Of her husband,
spite of her intrigue with DR.. Gully,
and her drinking propenslties, was well
coined in high society, and bore a charac-
ter which had not been reproaohed.
The fact regarding the drunkenness Of
Mrs, BRAVO suggests tho inquiry whether
there was not some truth in the deolara-
tion Of London newspaper, q few years
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Mr. HENRY c. CONNER of Iowa, who
was posted for missionary service for ZACH
CHANDLER ana HAYES In Indiana. after his
maiden effort at Indianapolis was mustered out
Of service ana ordered to the rear. The water
OF White river has bad reputation as "a sani-
tary beverage. and, We fear, did not suit a stom-
ach which had been educated to the more
frigid quenchings OF the Potomac. All water
taken clear is perllous In these rapid mutations of
the mercury, and every GRANT orator Is adjured
to qualify with a iudicious infusion of illegal
alcohol, unpalatable rs It may he to the appe-
tite Take It as a medicine aud not as re-
freshmentl
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To TnE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Slr: | would
suggest that some Of our enterprsng capitalists and
there Is no scarcity OF them) Mt up either Gnmores
Garden or the Rink on Third avenue, as nrstclass
rink Tor roller skatng, providing II with good noor
and good skates Al aiiir price OF admission under the
charge OF emcient managers. There II dOuDl that
would under those cltcumsa ncts prove successful.
There are thousands of overs of TINS deigh ful and
healthy exercise IN our metrOpO., aud the late ana
mild winter would certainly contribute to the success
Ot HE tnttrpre Last winter tneTe MAS nuta tinsie
DAYS SKATING al The Rink, ana proof that many were
disappointed IN con qutnce the fact that lie Cant
tonne Grounds IA RrOOklyn were crowded Win NV
YORK r. Whenever there was skating TO be had at 20
CENT? admission, Even during an ordinary winter
skating season need not be much shorter than the
theatrical season. UN AMATEUR
NEW YORK, Aug "a.
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We don't need Great War Governor"
OF New York in these times Of peace. What
we want Is great Reform Governor.

BABcoCK's trial for completely in the
safe burglary, which was fixed for next month
in Washington, will probably be postponed
until the ensuing term, In order to tide the
Presidential election. No confidence is enter
tanned In the earnestness or honesty OF this
prosecution, while the present District Attor-
ney and other judicial officers are TO conduct IL
and to select the jury. What was done IN the
case OF HARRINGTON, who was the creature OF
BABcocK, Boss SHEPHERD, HENRY D. COOKE,
and that gang, can be repeated In this instance.
The President and others near him cannot
AFFORD to have BABcoCK convicted. He knows
too much Of their dealings, and holds TOO many
papers asiinst them to be in the least danger
from plant District Attorney, to whom Wink
from the white House would be more than
volume of presidents. There IL not the slight
est doubt ABOUT BABcoCK's guilt, US there Is
none that under the mask OF asmooth exterior
and the uniform OF an army officer, he has plot
ted the darkest crimes and betrayed every trust.
Sun, the Republican party dare not throw him
over nor urge hlsldismissal from the four places
which re still holds and dishono-s. They dread
his secrets,