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Year: 1877

The London papers have been
whispering scandalous things of
late about a recent reported visit
of the Prince of Wales to the
French watering place of Trou-
vile, and about the attentions there
publicly paid by the future sover-
eign of Great Britain to a charm
ing French actress, Mile Massin.
Unfortunately for the story, it turns
out that the Prince of Wales was
not at Trouville at all at the time
when the attentions aforesaid were
said to have been offered bv him to
the actress aforesaid, but has only
been planning a visit to the Duke
and Duchess of Mouchy, at a place
OF theirs in the neighborhood.
The scandal appears to have arisen
out of the appearance of Mile
Massin at the Goodwood races this
year, and out of an incident thus
related by a London correspond
ent of the Toronto Globe:
"This year among the visitors
to Goodwood was very pretty
French actress, whose success on
the Partisan stage is due rather to
her personal charms than to her
talent, and whose reputation does
not stand high even according to
the very lax code of the French
dramatic world. To the surprise
of everybody, this lady was seen
at Goodwood walking about the
lawn in company with one of the
great personages Of the realm, and
the feeling excited was so strong
that when she was escorted to a
seat by the parsonage in question,
all the ladies seated near her.got up
and left their places" So much
for living in "the fierce light that
beats upon a throne"
Year: 1877

The New York World explains,


in way that any one should be
able 10 comprehend, the telephone
in its simplest construction, as now
exhibited in New York, thus: The
telephone is operated entirely with
out the use of a galyanic battery,
being thus simplilied to the last
degree. 1t is in appearance a pear
shaped piece Of mahogany, with an
oridce at the large end and with a
flexible silk.coycred wire emerging
from the small end. Being opened,
it is seen to consist of a powerful
steel magnet running nearly
through the instrument lengthwise,
and wound with coil of fine insu-
lated wire which is connected with
the line. In front of this magnet,


but not in contact with it, is a disk
of soft thin iron. The voice strikes
against this disk and causes it to
Year: 1877

How n Horse was DishOnessIy PAIL


ed IN Steeple.OhRse-The Noble


owner Betting Against his own


PARIS, August 20, 1877.-I told
you the ether day of an unfortu-
nate incident that occurred at the
races at Deanyille, where a Jockey
''pulled" his horse to prevent him
from winning. Further details are
now given, and they are still more
unfortunate. l told you that the
judges met at once to hold an in
quiry and decided to annul the race.
On examining into the matter they
found that the owner, the "Comte
de Y" had bet against his own
horse, and he was at once expelled
from the turf 1t seems that the
sum was a very small one, and one
asks with astonishment what fatal
ity led him to commit such an act.
But he came very near escaping the
severe punishment that has over
taken him. He was near the Judges
stand when he saw the great supe-
riority Of his horse over the others,
and saw that he could easily win in
a gallop. This was about half way
round. Count X. (this is the term
for one that cannot be named, or
for man whom one does not wish
to name), began to "hedge," and
had a small advance upon his own
horse at the three-quarter stake.
He then rushed to the gate for the
purpose Of crossing the track, in
order to tell his jockey to win-in
other words, to change his orders.
But the man at the gate would not
let him through. His orders were
to let no one pass after the
start. The Count pleaded in
vain, and he was a witness to the
supreme efforts made by his Jockey
to prevent his splendid horse from
winning, in obedience to orders.
and to the cries, Kisses and blows
from the infuriated crowd when
the race was over. Count X. sud.
denly disappeared. A few of his
friends set out in search of him,
and they found him wandering
along like a man meditating sui.
eide. When they came up to him
they saw that he was in such state
of CONSERVATION that he could
hardly speak. He merely threw up
his hands and let them fall heavily
upon his sides. He wanted to take
the next train for Paris to settle up
his affairs, he said, but his friends
persuaded him to stay and to find
some sort Of an excuse for his act


"What has happened?" he asked in
a wild way. "This has happened"
said his friend, "you are a lost man
unless You can find some way for
exculpating yourself. Find some
thing-fnd some sort of an excuse.
It's frightful what you have done
there" At il o'clock the commit
tee heard the explanation of the
count, and at | o'clock in the morn
ing the sentence of expulsion from
the turf was pronounced against
him. Immediately he was put into
closed carriage, and, cryinglike
child, was taken over TO Harfleur
TO escape the crowd when the facts
became known.
Year: 1877

Mrs. Hawers in Harper's Bazaar


think that to a certain extent
the milliners mean well. | think
that the women who spoil them
selves with the millinerS' devices
mean well too. They do want to
make the best of themselves, to be
"things Of beauty" and not eye
sores. But how to do this they
don't know, and they don't think,
and they generally refuse to learn.
There are some ladies who always
look well; they are not necessarily
the pretty ones, but they are wo-
men gifted with fine natural taste,
who instinctively choose right
forms, colors and fabrics, generally
without knowing why. These,
however, are exceptions.


If everybody who could hold a
pencil were suddenly called upon
to paint picture there would be
only few out OF a score at least
who would betray any sense of
grace, perspective, color or design.
Would it not be wise for those un.
possessed of the sacred fire to re-
ceive instruction of some whole
some kind before they wasted time
and good material to so little pur-
pose.


But what is true of painting is
true also of dress. We need not all
paint, but we have all got to dress,
and the sooner dress is recognized
by our women as an art product, the
better, and probably the more
cheaply, they will be able to apparel
themselves.


What usually takes place in this
country in the matter of dress?
Vain persons, who are proud of
their appearance, and wish to make
the most of themselves, spend much
time in covering themselves with
things that make an artist lift up
hands and eyes of regret, astonish-
ment and pity. Those who are not
vain often eXclaim, "Don't ask
me! | will wear anything that is
brought to me-" And both act
from ignorance. The vain person
wastes time and defeats her own
aim ; the other is too ignorant to
know that there is anything to
know worth knowing, and does not
sufficiently respect what God has
given her TO care how she looks; so
there is always a discord between
her inner and outer self.


Yet dress and a proper care for
it ought not to minister merely to
vanity, nor impair in any degree
the moral tone. A woman ought
to care what she wears, for her
own sake and those about her It'll
a fault, not q virtue, to. be reckless
as to the impression one leaves on
the eye, Just as it is fault to be
Indifferent to the feelings of others.
In either case, there is a sad alb
sence of those subtle and beautiful
perceptions that constitute deli
cate and gentle mind.


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Year: 1877

The voice Of reform is heard through
the land, and speaks of the "good time
coming" So too the spirit OF reform is
working in the nurseries of the land to
Danish those dangerous opium and NOR
phia preparations, and establish useful
aud harmless remedies, of which DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup is acknowledged as
the very best for all the disorders Of
babyhood and early childhood Sold
everywhere at 25c bottle.
Year: 1877

A Salt Lake man publishes card in
the Herald of that city, apologizing for
certain actions committed by him while
intoxicated, promising ever hereafter to
abstain from liquor, and announcing as
the writer's conviction that drinking
Stimulants is losing game in every par
ticnlar.
Year: 1877

A soft answer turneth away wrath, 4"
yet man caught by his wife dealing soft
answers to a pretty widow next door
says he can show scars to prove that the
proverb didn't work well in this case.
Year: 1877

We are anxious not to be a bit hard
on Howard, but it does seem as if he
must have been the original man who
had three hands "a right hand, left
hand, and little behindhand. .-[Lowell
Courier.
Year: 1877

From the reports of the city horse car
companies received at Albany it appears
that they are nearly all paupers and on the
verge of bankruptcy. Only two or three
make any money, and the terrible rule with
the more fourishing and greatly patronized
lines is that their expenditures are in excess
of their receipts or balance them with nicely
that has the appearance of an interposition of
Divine Providence. 1t does not appear,
however, that any of these corporations are
thoroughly tired of this ruinous business
There is no whisper anywhere of an inten-
tion to wind up and sell out, and the devo-
tion to the public welfare that is implied in
the readiness Of these companies to go on
indefinitely losing money in order to carry
the people of this city to their domestic
hearths is one of the most touching circum-
stances in human history. We just want to
whisper in the ears of these people the
secret of their bad condition. 1t is
that their lines cost them too much. It
appears that there arc altogether one hun
dred and twcnty-six miles of railroad in use
for passenger traffic within the city limits,
and the aggregate cost, excepting five miles
of the Fourth avenue line, the cost of which
is not given, is S24, l44, 55S. This includes
the Elevated Railroad. 1t may startle the
public to find what admirable roads they
are-that is, judging their quality by their
price. The Elevated Railroad, for instance,
cost to build and equip it q triile over
$500, 900 mile. This, however, is but
bagatclle to the cost of the Third avenue line,
which is s53S, 900 per mile--more than half
q million dollars for each one of eight miles.
these lines do not earn any money when it
is seen on what u fearful original outlay
they have to pay earnings. The reason this
road cost so much is that the spikes with
which tho rails are fastened down are set
with diamonds. There is q diamond the size
of hickory nut in the head of every spike
or somewhere else. The average cost of
the construction and equipment of all the
city railroad lines is 100000 per mile.
With all the stealing that has been done on
the steam railroads of this country their
average cost is S60, 900 mile, or $140,000 a
mile less than is put down as the cost of
construction and equipment for the city
lines. 1t is estimated that the cost of the
construction of the Union Pacific Railroad
in cash would be S35, 900 a mile; yet it costs
to put down rails in our streets and supply
them with broken down horses and the sec
ond hand cars of the universe 5000, 900 u
mile Sharp tinanciers in this town.
Year: 1877

Although very little business was done at
Albany yesterday, indications were not lack
ing OF a disposition to pour into the Legis-
lature the customary flood of crude and un-
desirable bills. Ferry bills, gas bills, bank
bills and the like, inconsiderately drawn
and rushed forward at the commencement of
session may fairly be regarded as finger
posts on the lobby highway, pointing in the
direction of legislative blackmail. 1t might
be useful to mark where such measures
originate, especially when they are aimed
at rich corporations Very little legislation
is needed this year, and such laws as are
demanded in the public interest are such MS
require to be framed with care and judg-
ment The banking and insurance laws
need a thorough revision; the propositions
of the Municipal Charter Commission will
require action; canal legislation is ur-
gent; the taxation and assessment
laws should be revised and amended, and
there are other subjects which will prop
erly claim the attention of our legislators.
But the less legislative tinkering that is at
tempted the better will the people be salts
fed. A brief and business session this
year would be novelty and would encour-
age people to hope that the recent constitu-
tional amendments have secured substan-
tial reform.
Year: 1877

To accomplish that end no intrigue is neces-
sary. dozen honest men can settle that


by an examination of the votes in
the disputed States. We believe the
honest men in the two houses of Con-
gress will settle it before the 14th
of February. When it is decided we shall
know who ought to be and will be Presi-
dent, and it will need no bargains with
Messrs. Chandler, Cameron and Morton, or
with Southern democrats no promises as
to policy here or in the South. 1t is curl
GUS that whatever phase this Hayes intrigue
has assumed the carpet-bag governments
always 60 to the wall, and we rejoice at that.
1t shows, at any rate, that Mr.. Hayes does
not contemplate continuance of bayonet
rule in the South. So far, good. But we
repeat that bargains cannot and will not
make the next President. Whoever was
elected must be put in and if in any State,
as in Louisiana, there has been such NAL
practice and corruption by both sides that
no legitimate result was reached, then the
constitution points out the next proper
course, which is that each house shall inn
mediately proceed to choose one of the two
officers-one the President, the other the
Vice President.
Year: 1877

Dissoiving Views of Reform In Turkey.


That Turkey should be able to hold out
against the acceptance of programme of re-
form agreed upon by England, France,
Italy, Austria, Germany and Russia GER
tainly puts the amiable disposition if not
the helplessness of Europe in presence of
the so-called ''Sick Man" in a quaint light.
He who was classed as the invalid of the Con-
tinent in 1853, and who has been thought to
be going down ever since, now maintains
his opinion Of his own rights with such
tenacity and success that all the Powers
combined yield before him a programme
upon which they had agreed as the one
that he must necessarily adopt; and he
even respectfully invites their representa-
tives to adjourn and go home, while
he makes fresh preparations to reform
himself on the basis of docu-
ment, year old, that he formerly
treated with the same sovereign contempt
with which he now treats the Conference.
It is now proposed to bow the Conference
out with the suggestion that the Porte is
ready to reform itself on the basis of the
Andrassy note. In this respect the Porte
confesses itself to be like the gentleman who
was in favor Of the Maine law but opposed
to It's enforcement. The Andrassy note
involves the same scheme Of re-
forms proposed by the Conference;
but the Conference suggests a method Of
giving them practical effect, which the An
drassy note did not do Hence the prefer
ence for the note. Of course if the Con-
ference adjourns on this invitation and the
Powers take no steps to enforce their ad-
vice that will be the end of the whole story
for the present, and the next time Russia
moves it will probably be without concert
with other Powers.
Year: 1877

It is an event so painfully common for
private citizens intrusted with the admin
istration of estates to prove delinquent and
charge. though only of negligence, made
in similar connection against pub
lie officer attracts an attention of
which it might otherwise not be deemed
worthy. In the report of referee made to
a court in regard to the estate Of deceased
person, which was in the hands of Mr..
Algernon S. Sullivan as Public Administra-
tor, it is held that Mr.. Sullivan, as the law
full custodian of the estate, is responsible for
its safe keeping, and that he must make
good loss which occurred through the fail
ure of bank, even though it was the bank
in which the deceased person had himself
placed his money. If this involves simply
the point of the safe keeping of the money
there is no doubt that it was left in very
unsafe place; but if the question should
arise as to how q public officer is to
know that IN institution like the
Third Avenue Savings Bank is unsafe
the responsibility will fall upon the
shoulders of Governor Tiden rather than
upon those of Mr.. Sullivan. If Mr.. Sulli-
van inquired to ascertain whether that in
stitution was safe he found sworn reports
which must have given him the highest
opinion of its condition. How could he
know that they were perjuries? If he went
further he found that these reports were ac-
cepted by Governor Tilden's Bank Superin-
tendent, and, though that officer knew the
bank to be in a bad way, how could Mr.. Sui
livan know Of what the officer knew except
by the documentary evidence which made
it appear all right?
Year: 1877

CAPTAIN EADs, engineer of the Mississippi
River improvement at South Pass, has accom-
plished the first stage of his undertaking by
deepening the channel through the bar to twenty
feet and for a width of two hundred feet The
success which has attended this important work
reflects great credit Captain Eads and en-
courages the hope he entertains of securing
. channel thirty feet deep for the largest
vessels. With such channel New Orleans
will take her place among the chief commercial
ports of the United States, and 70 new era of
prosperity opens for the Mississippi Valley The
other passes will naturally suffer, as the main
volume of the river water is directed through
the South Pass and we may therefore look for
Important changes in their condition which will
eventually lead to their oblitcration as navigabe
channels. This improvement gives New Orleans
D magnificent outlet to the sea; but it also
renders the operation of bIockading the Mis-
sissippi mouth by hostile fleet much easier than
formerly.
Year: 1877

The case Of the Continental Life Insur-
ance Company was before the courts at
Albany yesterday, and an Investigation into
the affairs of the company was ordered. The
proceedings serve to further illustrate the
worthlessness Of the Insurance Department
means of protecting the interests of the
public and enforcing compliance with the
laws. The Continental's official statement
ought aaany ime within the past few years
to have satisfied an efficient superintendent
that the company needed investigation, and
an investigation capably and faithfully
made must have led to the winding up of
the institution under the authority of the
department. Instead of this the company
continued it's business until it's managers
were prepared to close its doors, announce
its bankruptcy and select its receiver. In
this we have only repetition in the Insur-
ance Department of the suspicious action of
the Bank Department in the case of the
Third Avenue and other bankrupt savings
banks, which for some reason were allowed
to close their doors at their own time and
then to make choice of their receivers and
shnt out investigation into their rascalities.


1t is Governor Robinson's duty to insist
upon an immediate reform in these two i'm
portnnt departments He should send in
to the Senate, without any delay, the names
of two unexceptionable persons for superin-
tendents of banks and insurance. Both
places are vacant. Mr.. Ellis, whose incom-
potency and neglect of duty, to use the mild
est terms, are notorious, holds over until his
successor is appointed in the Bank Depart
ment. The Insurance Department is with
out head, Mr. Chapman having resigned
year ago. If tho republican Senate refuses
to confirm the nominees the Governor
should at once suspend Mr.. Ellis and the
acting head of the Insurance Departments and
have them tried on charges of neglect of
duty. 1t is crime against the people to
suffer these departments to remain under
their present management, and the Gov
ernor should do his duty in the matter and
leave the responsibility at the door of the
Senate.
Year: 1877

THE REPORT of the chief of the searchers de-
partmcnt of the New York Post Office proves
the wonderful efficiency of the scarchers but it
is extremely uncomplmentary to the carefulncss
of correspondents. A quarter of million of
letters have been sent to the Dead Letter Office,
and of misdirectcd letters more than four thou
sand were from banks.
Year: 1877

No One BID LESS than par for the new city
bonds yesterday, but the scantness of the great
est excess over dollar for dollar in the offers does
not justify any hope for a liberal policy regarding
expenditures for 1877.
Year: 1877

A BROOKLYN CHURCH BUILDING. which cost q
quarter of n million dollars, was sold yesterday
for less than third of that amount. Moral
(strictly Scriptural Before beginning to build
count the cost
Year: 1877

| saving (and not altogether an


ne) is, ga peny saved is two earn
riding to this two saved is four
and in purchasing an organ if


save $50 it is as good as $1OO
which would goa great way to-
he purchase you can do this by
The Star Parlor Organ. See adj
ant in another column, and send
lar and price list. ly.
Year: 1877

when first applied, changing in about q
month to q uniform slate color. and is to
all intents and purposes slate. On


TIN ROOFS
onr red color is usually preferred, as one
coat is equal to five of any ordinary
paint. For
Year: 1877

10 tHe ILepuOHc0flS oj OOutH CdTOlln0:


BY your will l was made Govern.
or OF this State in 1874. At the el-
election on the 7th of November last
I was again, by your votes, elected
to to the same Office. My title to the
Office, upon every legal and moral
ground, is to day clear and perfect.
BY the recent decision and action of
the President of the United States, l
find myself unable longer to maintain
my oficia! rights with the prospect
Of final success, and I hereby an
nonnce to you that am unwilling to
prolong q struggle witch can only
bring further suffering upon those
who engage in it.


LII announcing this conclusion, it is
my duty to say for you that the Re
Vublcans of Sonuth Carolina entered
npop5thCir recent political struggle
for the maintenance OF their political
and civil rights. Constituting, beyond
question, a large majority of the law
tul voters Of the State, you allied
yourself with that political party
whose central and inspiring principle
has hitherto been the civil and po-
litical freedom of all men under the
constitution and laws of our country.
By heroic efforts and sacrifices which
the just verdict Of history will rescue
from the cowardly scorn now cast
upon them by political placemen and
traders, you secured the electoral
vote of South Carolina for Hayes and
Wheeler. In accomplishing this re,
suit you became the victims of every
form of persecution and injury
From authentic evidence it is shown
that not less than one hundred Of
your number were murdered because
they were faithful to thir principles and
exercised rights solemnly guaranteed
to them by the nation. You were
denied employment, driven from
your homes, robbed of the earnings
Of years OF honest industry, hunted
tor your lives like Wild beasts: vour
families outraged and scattered, for
no Offense except your peaceful
and firm determination to exercise
your political rights. You trusted
as you had right to trust, that if by
snch efforts yon established the laws
tul supremacy of your political party
in the nation, the government of the
United States, in the discharge of it's
constitutional duty, would protect
theilawfnl government OF. the State
from overthrow at the hands of your
political enemies. From causes pat-
ent to all men and questioned by
none who regard truth, you have
been unable to overcome the unlaw-
full combinations and obstacles which
have opposed the practical suprema.
cy OF the government which yonr
votes have established. For manv
weary months you have waited for
your deliverance. While the long
struggle for the Presidency was in
progress you were exborted by every
representative and organ of the na-
Year: 1877

The Government is going to take
vigorous measures for the suppression
of the extensive frauds in tobacco
manufacture in North Carolina Some
thirty manufacturers in Surrey
County have already been indicted.
Year: 1877

ST. LouB, April 2O.-The Southern
inquest has been in secret session this
morning and at this meeting no public
proceedings have been had. 1t Is not
probable that there will be much more
very important testimony taken.