New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-18

The Old South fair. in Boston, has been very
successful. The receipts at the close ~ last week
ceeded 600 and the expenses have been reduced
! to a minimum. the undertaking viii yield handsome
| profit. The old church, with storicd associations az
sacred as those Of Mount Vernon Independence Hall.
ought not 10 be mcnacei with destruction month longer
The ugishness and delibcTat0n with which The rescue
has been effected a standing reproach 90 Boston
| A practical refolmer may be less ornamental
than an amateur thcorst bus bee Is FAR moro useful 10
public office. The annual report Of the Hon Edward
Mcpherson, Chiei OF the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing Treasury Department, shows this. IL Is 4
brief busiucss-ke document, Tccltug among other
things the fact that OF the % 100000 appropriated
FOR the Bureau 100000 VIII remain uncxpendci on the
3Oh OF June, next year, and that In addition tc the
enormous saving OF expense brought about by the re.
organization Of the department, the Government vii
nav the Bureau for printing revenue stamps and tho
backs OF eatcndcrs and National bank hyes At least
100000 less than It pad the bank note companies last
year for the same work Quiet practical hOrOughgong
department work is better than hshtoned talk about
CIVIL Service reform
A bridal couple at Wheeling, Va, came, like
Nicodcmus at dead Of night TO the house OF venerable
minister and rang the doorbe with tremendous violence.
His wife down stairs in costume consisting psn-
cipa Is Of shawl and found STRIPPING OF twenty and
gaunt Of forty; aud on learning what was TIER
err9ud brought her husband down stairs "Wel" be
exclaimed rather drowsly. The bridegroom could not
sppak but motioncd to his bride. Mr. Preacher" she
do the talking You Charley, here, has stepmoiher
and she don't use him right at all Now, I'm widow,
and want 20 take Charley home with me tonight and
take care Of him. Not that want husband because
II did Ia get nearer my own age; but JUST
thought would try and take care of Charley - Wtl
ike 10 be married right away" There hitch about
the license but in the end she promised 10 be more than
a sfcpmotncr 10 Charley, and carried him home IN tn
umph
II is too much to expect n lawyer 10 write
in of cp flp %
bedrayu somewhere THE TRIBUNE has received from tho
counsel OF Mrs Slocomb and her daughters OF NewOr-
leans communication 10 reference TO the passage OF
their claim by the House Of Representatives, and can
spare the space FOR only brief acknowledgment Tho
counsel admits that the facts were correctly statelY
TIE TRiBrNE's Washington correspondent, and then
calmly rehearses them, though they had never been
ny and accurately recited lie points out that the vote
IN this bill was 3i to 33-he " the types or wires
nv which was represented "a to 33 being so oOY
ous that il could not have msled the pubc-and h''
General Butler who gave the promise Of protection 70
tne ladies' ana General Bauks his successor IN command
NJ Ner Orleans who violated IT, botn voted for the bill
Tho counsel argues moreover, that dangerous prece
dent mas not been established for the payment OF so
ern CLAIMS amounting millions ~ dollars iuasmueh rs
& s5ynres of property IN his ease not made for
military purposes THE TRIBUNE hopes be j. right
DR. Tanner recently told the people of It.
Paul Mimi that he had eaten nothing for forty-t"o
DAYS and had lived cold water. physician under
whose ewes the experiment was made iulf eorfooor'
otcd his statement But there skeptics who SHOOK
their heads and wrote causc letters TO the newspapers
Dr Tanner In reply to these critics sets forth that o
feat WAS undertaken with desire for notoe' Dutn
the interests OF science cites numerous instances" '
.rspenson OF vital functions from sh"d' '"u''e'
calls TO witness the serpent the toad tue rac'oo" "u
the woodchuck and submerges the "hoe su'J..' d"
commemorative wisdom. Now It IA seHe''u'h' 'n''
man who can write letter TO the editor three ana ono
bar columns in length on any subject save hnahceW
civil Service reform, is capable OF doing almost an,
thing, % fasting iort{t u ~ rcnaat he
cXorrment under the stricest sur'siahc9 TOT te SUI
OF $1,000 IN nsnA,9 W. going without food Tor forty.
two DAYS aud keeping prea ,nse -. "'' '''''
inp used for charitable phIPos's'
'"I Pen, for the children! 4 bright-eyed lass
IN carlisle Ky has doll with china head covered with
g,vep hair when the doll bought two years ago.
the hair simply covered the neck but IL has grown oat
until now IL reaches below the waist IL looks Ike M
man hair aud is fastened 10 the linen with wax ana
glucd 10 the head The growth Of he hair Is eNpaheh
by the theory that the laments have derived hHttm'u'
from tho wax......A threeyearod lad IN orange N'J
has been listening 20 stories from the Copc History OK
Rome and thumbng john Leech's charming illustration
Of grim Corncia her fashionable guest, ana the Two
promising boys with drum, slate ami nursosiu- mo
story left an impress the boys mind Tor the o"o'
morning he ran into the brcakflstroom with ms htIo
black kitten held az arms Length, ana eAciilH'u' lA,'
my jewel, YOU naughty art! "''''''' 49, '"'
mamma who has abig diamond. was taAcn anaeN....'
little baby whose mother worked on farm IN M'f"'
rnloy5 has been In the world only few days when"
died The mother went 20 the WEAR th. kevA Atn''''
- rop,e for the funeral but 90 her asiou,hment hc 70
fyfi Ia bury the child Why Because u had uot Oen
L,rtiypd The poor wOmAn-shc was unmarried ~.
uid 10 one and then another 10 assist her To bn( -
rbd with some sort OF ceremony, hut was uhinc ~
ony competrut person 10 read the serNirc sic thcn -
n hoIc dug In the cemetery at night, wncn Is Wa P.i
Jar and raining. ana she ana her friends toa IN. IN
to the hole and dropped it IN Alaek ihefe uu h''
TO be any room for that little one.
Disconsolate souls who are still waiting iOt
the publication OF tue typical American novel Nho "o'y
over the new stories In the magazines Win an un'o|
Portable suspicion that they have read them many u'