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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24
The DEVIL ~ STILL WATER.


One of the folk sayings in Russia runs "'The
"devil lies where the water is most still"
The calm which has settled upon the troubled
waters of German politics during this stormy
year in European history is so unexpected and
unnatural that it has an omlnOus look. The
timid and suspicious the world over are con-
WINGED that that devil OF a Bismarck is con-
cealed somewhere beneath the surface,
biding his time and plotting against the
peace of Europe. His apathy is regard
ed as well-vamished mask. While he
has apparently been lstless and idle at
Varzin. breakfastlng late like dandy, riding
morning and afternoon like country squire
and drinking in the evening like University
student, he has found time for work and mis-
chief While the diplOmatsts of Europe have
been testing fois and parIying strokes, the best
swordsman of them all has not suffered his
weapons to rust or his hand to grow unsteady
The man of iron and blood, who put Germany
into the saddle and struck down Austria and
France, is doing something besides summing
himself during the pauses OF European war;
The man who has made dupes of princes and
cabinets, who is as subtle As MaCchavelli as far
sighted as Cavonr and as unprIncipcd us Ma
poleon ILL.,, has not thrown down his iron dice
and left the table when the stakes were doubling
and the play was running high, but has kept
his seat, and with cool hand and Mcphisto-
phelian face, has made himself master of the
game He is most dangerous, say these suspi-
cous souls, when he is quietcst and he is
quietest when his rivals are noisiest.
This species of criticism is popular in America
as well ~ in Europe. The Spectator has rIdi-
cued it under the striking figure OF the Spec
ire in the Spiked Helmet, but it cannot be
laughed down. People will have it that the
German Chancellor is the head devil, or, to
sneak more respectfully, the commanding ge-
MUS of the European situations From the out
break of hostiities in the East until
the battle of Plevna, men have wagged
their heads aud done homage to his
mysterious statecraft. At first it was
said that Ignatieff and Gortschakoff had
mortgaged Russia's future to Germany. and
that secret partnership papers existed by which
the Turkish spoil was to be divided among
the houses of ROmanolf and Hapsburg and
Hohcnzollern. Armenia falling to Russia, Bos-
MIA and Herzegovina to Austria, and Bulgaria
TO a German Prince. Again it was whispered
that Bismarck was waiting for chance
to strike down France when his neighbors
were too busy TO interfere. A fortnight
ago came the rumor that he had con-
trived to bring together the Emperors
of Germany and Austria at lschl
for the sole purpose of renewing the con-
tract with the Car on more favorable terms to
him. The latest gossip is that he is turning
the atrocity mill and subiecting the Porte to
dinIntuatic nrassure while he IL taking an ALI
normal interest in the Swiss cantOns which
fringe upon the French frontier. Ambiguous
as are these Outgivings, there is popular im-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

preston that il there is any one in Europe VINO
knows what he is about it is this limp ana
Iistless gentleman who has been loaing at
Varzin.
Il il, therefore, with some hesitation thai we
venture to suggest that if the German Chah-
celor has been lazy this Summer, it Is because
there Is very little for him to do. lie Is inc
most practical statesman in Europe. The es-
innate which Jules Favre formed OF him
during the peace negotiations OF 1871
was a very close one. He seems only
TO calculate with what is actually before
chin; his point of view is only directed
Stewards positive and practical results !;
/" and he IL Indifferent to everything that does
"Dot lead to useful ends" His craftsmanship
has been progressive from its hard sense rather
than its genius. He has accepted what was in
evItable, and undertaken what was practical
bic. He has had no ideals. no dreamy purposes.
He has been short-sighted rather than far-
sighted; vacillating rather than consistent
The man who declared in 1S47 that the Prns-
sian sOvereigns ruled by the grace of God ana
that the nation had no right to Constitution,
subsequently introduced universal suffrage. lie
began by opposing the national movement ana
bostering up Austria, and he ended by
crushing her and uniting Germany under the
Prussan crown. Unlike Cav0ur, he had no
sympathy with popular liberty, no enthusiasm
for national unity, but he was quick to COM
prehend results, and to turn everything to
good use. He works close at hand and not
long way off. His policy is not vague and
misty, but sharply outlined and distinct. Al
though he has shown in the past that he has
no rival in subtle intrigue, he never plots for
the sake of plotting. The advantage must
be tangible and positive. He is the most bu-
siness-like of diplomatists He counts the
cost and measures the results. With him the
end must justify the effort az well rs the
means.
This opens the way for our conclusion While
Germany believes that Russia has entered up
on a righteous war; she is anxious to have the
combatants fight it out mmOlested She is I'M
willing to have Austria recover prestige i'll
Europe by threatening the flank of the Rus
sian Army and putting an end to the war
She hopes that Russia will win but does not
regret that it is costing her ally so much III
blood and treasure, for she will be reduced to
the level of a second-class power for years to
come. There might have been danger from
France If the reactiOnary movement had been
more distinctly Ultramontane, but as the
case stands the Bonapartists and the Clerical
party are not pulling together, and the mod
crate Republicans are masters of the field
Germany is menaced neither on the right
hand nor on the left, and the Eastern ques-
ton cannot be settled without her consent.
With the finest harvest in Europe on her
thrcshng-foor, and her supremacy us the
strongest power on the Continent mchal-
lenged, why should not Germany be calm and
Prince Bismarck be lazy1 The devil may not,
after all, be lurking in the still water.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24
- TJ NETEP DIECU

And now they have discovered a new fact
about the Democratic paTty-a striking fact
they call it.. Mr.. Stenger who presided over
the Pennsylvania Democratic Convention at
Harrisburg Oh Wednesday, announced it i'll his
speech upon taking the chair. 1t follows close
upon the discovery Of the moons of Mars, and
seems to have been made with the naked eye.
The announcement of it by Mr.. Stengcr was
rapturOusly received by large and intelligent
convention of citizens of Pennsylvania upon
whom the news of the other discovery would
have had no effect whatever To the aver
age Pennsylvania Democrat the discovery
of moons is a fact of little moment. YOu
might discover fifteen or twenty more dog
stars and he wouldn't turn a hair, unless
there was dog-catcher to be appointed for
each one, in which case he would insist upon
taking the place in the interests OF Reform ;
and as to the moons of Mars, he says with st.
Paul, "nOne of these things move me.' But
tell him that it is a striking fact that the Demo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

Mr. jays Commission seem to be afflicted with
the notion that when the United States employs a
man TO weigh, that functonary ought to do some
weighing, and that gauger of customs should at
least know how to gauge. 1t ought to be remembered
that weighing and gaugng are actual labor, and if
the wegher and gauger are compelled to toll Mt
the beam or with the calipers, they must subtract
themselves 10 a certain extent from active political
life. How could Supervisor jeremiah Drew, for ex-
ample supervise aud hurl himself into the
enterprise of fixing primaries up the river
and be taking weights" the docks Of
the metropolis at and the time :
II there was anything practical about Mr.. Jay he
would discern that these sweeping changes hurt tho
party Ideasts will never have the nonsense taken
out of them until they are brought TO understand
that the people created the Custom House. and have
right to pay four or i've times az much for weigh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECHES.

There are people so difficult to suit that
they complain of the Presidents little adj
dresses made off-hand from the platforms of
railway cars or from any like point Of VAN
tage because in these familiar talks there is
no exhaustive discussion of the political situa-
ton, no elaborate treatment of financial ques
tions and no long winded investigations of
the tariff. They seem to forget that gratefully
to acknowledge demonstrations of good feeling
and polite attentions is almost all that pill
grim President can do. In the first place
there is no occasion for DemOsthencan dis
play. Then a man who is shaking hands
eighteen hours out of the twentyfOur must
be q little too weary for any great Outpourng
of rhetoric, even if there is time for it, which
usually there is not.
If our memory does not mislead us. the
Presidents speeches are quite rs good as any
of those made by his predecessors under
similar circumstances. We do not recall
any performance of Gen. Grant which
excelled them. Mr.. JohnsOn's were longer
and very remarkable in other ways. 1t is
a great while since we read them, and it will
probably be great while before we read ono
of them again but what speeches they were .
involved and haltng How the nominatiye
cases went about seeking the verbs from which
they had been mercilessy divorced How
often we stumbled upon sentence the mean
ing of which was certainly puzzle to men, if
not puzzle to the gods How frequently did
the melancholy muddle of those unique adj
dresses cause us to wonder if they were spoken
in English. Their unlinked language was
long drawn out, if we may say so; they had
undoubtedly a beginning, but how often the
end seemed to be in the middle, and all which
came after like the poets cuckoo, only "a
"wandering voice. President johnson may
have been good, wel-meaning man. Heaven
NAV have designed him for a maker of male
garments, for a military Governor for this,
that or the other thing, but it never designed
HIM for an orator. He had length; he had
words; he had most good-natured willing
ness 10 talk all night; no mau ever tried more
conscientiously to come to the pOint-and no
man ever missed it oftener.
The speeches of President Hayes are short
and simple, but we do not believe that listen
ers like them the less for that 1t is some
thing to be able to gay to a crowd. Chow are
7" and Good byew gracefully. 1t is
more to understand perfectly how much the
occasion calls for, and to resist the temptation
to make display of tropes and metaphors,
with regular Grafton and peroration, and
much intermediate pyrotechny. The Ameri-
can people undoubtedly like good speaking,
and the Presidents is very good of the kind.
If those who think that they could do better
when called upon under similar circumstances
over have an opportunity of irving the eXDeri-
ment, they will probably bore their fellow
creatures in a way which will hardly enhance
their popularity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24
Jnoer 10 Advertisements.


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BANKING HOUSE AND BANkEES-Ib FdQe-Oth Ooiuin"
Board AND ROOMs-3d PGGc-5th column
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

ing and gauging as anybody else docs. ina. Is .ao
sort of business basis which they prefer. "hat 'ho
party needs IL workers. and # they are barnac,eu ."
the Custom House they are cheap and handy II 'no
maligned spoils system should be uprooted tneuo,
eminent would be driven in sof-defence to establish
Bureau of Political Manipulation, with heaa
wire-puller and several deputies chief subsolier
and assistant subscribers, and boss primsrypacker
with full corps Of strikers Mr. Jay onsht 70
abandon this cant about Reform, and take bold
Jacksonian stand close up to the American heart.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24
Nru'2lork Daily Gribn,te
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
FRIDAY. AUGUST "a. 1877.
THE HKWS THIS MORAiNG.

FoeFIGN-Osman Pasha has been repulsed IN at
tacks on Selvi and Timova. == The battle III the
Shpka Pass was still in progress yesterday; the
Russians had repulsed ten assaults --- Frlhcc
Bismarck and Count Andrassy are to meet at GaSteln
= The race for the Great Yorkshire stakes was
won by Lady GOlightly.
Decentralization Hayes reached Worcester
last night, having been received with enthusiasm
at all the large towns through which he passed.
80 The hostile Indians stampeded 100 horses
from Gen. Towards advance camp on the 10th;
they were pursued, asd, in the engagement which
followed buger killed and one officer and six
soldiers were wounded. -- The exercises of the
Scientific Congress at Chautauqua closed last even
ing - Gen. Thomas Ewing and the Hon.
George III. Pendeton addressed a Democratic mass
meeting at Columbus O. = The National Board
of Trade, berOre adjOurning, adopted resolutions
favorng a reciprocity treaty with Canada, amend
ments to the Resumption Act and to the Bank
rupt law. and recommending that the Bureau OF
kilograms and Reports be made distinct and per
manent bureau of the War Department. =- DIR.
Bliss. who has gone from Washington to visit Sen
ator Morton. expresses the hope that he may rally.
60 Parole, Vera Cruz, Auburn and Waller won the
Saratoga races.
CITY AND SUBURBAN-Gessner, one OF Jayhes
prisoners was taken in custody b. the police. --
Four men were arrested LOT attempting W STU iE'"
st. Louis County bonds == The Cuban League
issued an appeal to the people of the United States
80 There were scenes of excitement at the
meetings of the XVIII and XVllth Assem-
bly District Republican Associations. --
Gold 1912 1914 1919 Gold value of the legal
tender dollar at the close, $3.50 cents Stocks.
after being active and higher, closed fcveriSh and
irregular
THE Manufacturers local observations IN
licate continued partly cloudy weather Their
mometer yesterday. 76', 90, TT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

D,uy Tp,pIrvr. Mail Subscribers. so pr annum.
STNI-WEFEIY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscribers, $3 per an
WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Mail Subscribers p per annum
Terms cash in advance.
Persons unable 10 Obtain TIIF TgIBUNr IN any OF ne
trains boats or hotels in rLich is usually sold. rt
confer Jayor by informing tbs office Of me circumstances
Uptown advertisers their iavers for rHE IkBuNt
at 1913 Broadway Slstst or 3OS W. S3dS COT onNo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

and the Mono metallic vote snd the Subsidy volt. and
ansuosdy vote ana 'ne votes Of various other as.or
ments Of citizens with bees IN their bounet. ana
Committee Is agonizng plan for spreadnx A. -
in the sight 81 all these birds 10 snare the eor
lot SOltfnlng OF the brain will be more prevalen, ~
Ohio and Pennsylyauia than elsewhere, but a h,gl
desth-rate among committeeman may he expectaN
throughout the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

sve assaults The loss of the Turks is, of course,
enormous, for they fight against troops who
are firmly entrenched in an almost impregna-
BILE position. The movements of Osman Pasha,
OH the west, and Mehemet Ali on the east OF
the Jantra. are apparently intended to perpiex
the Russians and keep them from reinforcing
the defenders of the Shiplla Pass. The otto
man demonstrations may. however, bring on
general engagement at any moment.
Prof Newcombs description of the satellites
of Mars, which we give this morning, VIII ada
To the interest in these newfOund members OF
the Solar system. They would be rather cool
for human habitaton, and, if they are like
our moon, much too dry But as sequestered
pieces of real estate, ont of the way OF trouD-
lesome visitors, they are quite uneqnalled.
The total surface of either one Is proDaDly
about enough for Summer ramble the eStl-
mated diameter of the outer one beng about
ten miles. The inner one makes its journey
around Independently its year-in less than
eight hours. These satellites must OF course
suffer 50 many ecpses both of the sun and
of themselves. that such an occurrence AZ that
which brought out our star-gazers last nlght
either Mars or the moons.
The Democratic Convention which broke mp
in Harrisburg ut an early hour yesterday morn
ing was pretty good one of It's Klnd, ana
the delegates can go hoMe with the comfort
able feeling that they have exposed themselves
tono very damaging criticism. Read by the luI1d
light of the Ohio campaign meetings, the resolu-
tiOnshave highly respectable appearance. Inc
Convention approached the labor question with
an unpleasant amount of backing and hlllng,
and doubtless 1t congratulated itself upon do
ing rather a neat thing when it found noml-
nee who looked like IA burly son OF toll, ana
might pass for real working man II properly
costumed; but it might have been worse On
the financial issue, at any rate. the Conven-
ton expressed itself in terms that were clear
enough, though the tones were certainly not
loud. Such still small voice will be lost III
the roar from OHIO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

A contrast between ways of dealing with
forgers is exhibited by the prompt arrest of
those who were passing the St. Louis County
bonds, and the mysterious management of the
gang that b. G. Jayne holds in leash. 1t seems
that the latter lot of criminals are expected to
compromise, probably on the mOiety system.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24
amusements ana ttlcchnqs Co. Night.

BROADWAY THEATRE" Tdc Dan'tes."
FIFrH AVENUE THEATRE" All STA
GRAND OPERA HOUsy. -" The Kerry COW
EiBJO'S GARDEN" Poor OF New YORK.
PARK TIT NTRE-"Blby."
UNION SQUARE rHGNTRH.-"P nk Dnmiuoes'
WALLACk's THEATER-" BusJsdrd
GlNORR's G. iRDES-CDnccr-.
NEw-YoRK AoUARlUa-Day and Evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

In an important branch of this city's
trade there are many indications of revival
of prosperity, though business will be con-
Quoted OH closer margin than heretofore.
The drygoOds houses look forward to good
Fall trade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

Gen. Howard has again Overtaken the elu-
siye savages. He knew he had come up with
them by the fact of their stampeding $50 of
his horses, and then going away. The pursuit
has been resumed, however, with mdiminished
ardor. If it does not soon result in battle
and victory for the troops, the campaign is
likely to be tediously prolonged, fer the ex-
element is spreading among other tribes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

The French Minister of War, Gen. Berthaut,
who was some time ago greatly in disfayoI
with the Republicans, Is now proving himself
20 he one of the best friends of the popular
cause Without seeking applause hom one
side or the other, he pursues the even tenor
of his way, and discountenances the de-
signs of those who consider that French Army
is best employed when it is used to intimidate
the French people. As the President would
not remove him to please the Republicans, he
is not likely to do so now to CRAFTY the Roy
alists.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

The readiness of crowd to applaud a
"practical joke" might be cited as an evil
dence of mans nhumanity to man. 1t was
very fine fun, no doubt, when the people in a
saloon persuaded Mr. Weber, man
who had a tendency to apoplexy' to lift HIM
self by rings, through which the jokers
sent galvanic current that kept the unhappy
victim hanging there at their pleasure, but
the Joke has probably lost its charm since Mr.
Webber has brought suit for the injuries to his
corporal frame, and has had the funny people
nlaced under arrest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

This time the Turks have been allowed to
.ssune the offensive For the last two days
they have been making desperate efforts TO
regain the Shipka Pass. The Russians and
BuIgauans have vigorously resisted ten success
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

This must be queer sort of a Democrat who
has been nominated for Governor of Maine.
He seems to have more sense than all the rest
of the Democratic party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24

Our correspondence from New Hampshire pic
fpr,s clearly the process by which the Repub
lican opponents of the President are under
going a change of heart. In this matter the
neople have taken the LEAD the politicians are
following more slowly. The newspapers are
vet somewhat on the dividing line; with
them there is double dficulty-tO climb over
the fence of their preudices, and TO retreat over
tbe ground of their past assertions. But, on
the whole. the conversion of New Hampshire
IoLs Iike only a question of time.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-07-13
Glas. from Blas.-rurnaes s,.~.

A company in England is now
manufacturing glass from blast-fur-
mace Stag, under the patent of Mr..
Bashley Britton. The process con-
sists in using the Stag from iron fur
naces in its liquid state direct from
the blast furnace. 1t is found that
the whole of the Stag when thus en-
Ployed is convertible into perfectly
transparent glass of a good color,
and thus by the utilization of a ma.
terial now Valueless, as well as the
heat it contains when thus taken d.
rect from the furnace in its LIQUID
state, so large a saving is effected
that the process is likely to bring
about most important changes in
glass manufacture.
The Stag, while in d liquid state. is
conducted into a tank holding about
Is cwt., where it is mixed with other
materials, and in an incredibly short
space of time, as compared with the
ordinary method, glass is produced.
This glass is acknowledged by the
workmen to be of an exceedingly
soft or plastic nature. 1t is perfectly
acid proof, and capable of use for all
purposes for which the best bottle
glass is suitable. 1t cuts readily with
the diamond, and is available as
rough plate for rOofngs, skylights,
greenhouses, roofing tiles, and for
many other uses from which glass.
as heretofore manufactured, is, on
account of its cost, necessarily shut
out. Specimens have also been pro-
duced of this glass colOred brilliant
ly, and suitable to. the purposes to
which colOred glass is employed.