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Year: 1876

! shall not easily forget him, standing
against the crimson fury of those flames,
breathing black smoke and fighting wild
fire under his feet and in front of him (;
altogether as good specimen of an Eng
Iishman doing his duty MS needs he wit.
messed Nor have been less struck with
the obliging and decorous behavior of
the crowd. As to manners opcragocrs
might take lesson by the politeness and
humanity of that midnight audience at
the fire, with their glad applause of cv-
cry piece of manhood and as to honesty,
| had left my watch at home, out ofpru-
dental motives, in ioining the spectacle;
but | was quite ashamed of the prccau-
tion when, ON retiring, saw that indom-
table old lady in the fur cap produce an
enormous silver timc-pccc from the re,
cc4scs of her husbands garments and
heard her scntcntiously remark; why,
it it isn't three o'clock,
Year: 1876

A correspondent writes that there is a
railroad in the southern portion of Lancas-
ter county that has some novel features at
tending it. One is that there are fences on the
road in some places and at which the engi-
neer is obliged 10 stop his iron horse and get
out and having let down the bars he drives
through, stops again, goes back and puts
up the bars to keep the stock in their re-
spectiye enclosures. He is engineer, brake
man, fireman and conductor, and is q man
well suited for so many responsible posi-
tions. Where is there road to excel this
in novelties =?


1t is said that there is a railroad In Flori-
da on which the alligators are sometimes SO
thick that the engineer has to get down
from the train and drive them off the track.
Year: 1876

At the meeting Of Council tonight the
property owners along Walnut street, will
present remonstrance against the proposed
pavement of that street. The remonstrance
will be signed by upwards of one hundred
persons owning property along Walnut
street.
Year: 1876

There is still a strange misrepresentation III
Washington with respect to the appointing
power. Except III certain specified cases the
Constitution and the laws place the chief
responsibility Of filling the clerkshps and 0tbei
small Offices in Washington. as well as the
Federal Executive Offices III the States and Ter
ritories, upon the President; it is the assrmp-
ton that the patronage is his and he must he
held responsible for its proper exercise. 1t is
difficult to understand indeed upon what theory
of government tie choice Of the subordinate
agents of the Executive power could be lodged
anywhere else than with the Executive itself
The whole duty of the President is to execute
the laws. not by enforcing them i'll prOpiia
persona, but hy selecting proper officers to per-
form that task, and holding them to faithful
discharge of their trust. But for several years
there has been a marked disposition in the
legislative branch of the Government to
us1rp this primary function OF the Executive.
Congressman have assumed the right not only to
make laws but TO select each man in his own
district, the instrument for their enforcement,
and have resented with TIE utmost bitterness
every attempt by the President to exercise his
own Judgment in the discharge OF his duty.
IL has come TO be an understood thing that
the Administration Senators and Representa-
tves shall absolutely control the patronage
within their own States, and share on equal
terms the appointments to offices at the seat
Of government


The recent investigation into the election of
Senator Spencer showed what corrupt use was
sometimes made Of this usurped privilege.
That ornament of the Senate was able to sell
almost any Office in The State to Lis political
supporters, and give Federal appointments in
exchange for the basest kind Of personal and
partisan service. Nobody suppOses that the
President knew the character of the men to
whom these rewards were distributed, or what
equivalent Spencer received for them; the
abuse seems to have been so thoroughly
established that Gen. Grant abdicated his
functions without romonstrance and asked no
questions. We cite the ease of Spencer be-
cause it is q fragrant one, but it by no means
stands alone Something similar prevails in
every State Of the Union. Three years ago
Judge Cooley, in his edition of Story's "Com-
mentaries on the Constitution" thus referred
to the language of the text respecting the ex-
ercise of the appointing power, which Story
calls "the most delicate and important dutyf
of the presidential office: "It would be diff
I" cult to answer the reasoning OF the text II
the experience of the country had not re-
"futed IL; but we are driven to the cOnfes-
I" sion that since these Commentaries were first
published it has gradually come to be un-
derstOod that appointments TO office are in
the main the perquisites of members of Con-
"gress belonging TO the dominant party, and
Year: 1876

Several Of the Republican Representatives were
shocked when NJ. Tucker acknowledged in Con-


ress that he believed in the right Of country post
master or justice Of the peace to decide what sort OF
newspapers ought to circulate in the maila 1t was
under the principle laid down by Mr. Tucker that
Republican journals cOnGsoated before the war
when sent to persons in the slave States, and the
North was Justly indignant at the outrage. But 1t
seems to Lave been forgotten that two years ago the
erployGs Of the present Republican Administration
resorted to the very espionage over the mails
During the Presidential campaign of 1872 news
paper packages were frequently opened in transit,
the TmBUNFs were taken ont, and publications
NOR, acceptable to the Administration were substi
tuted for them. All the despotism has not been on
one side.
Year: 1876

A statement in The TRIBUNE's review of Wagners
Centennial March may perhaps lie misinterpreted
into a reflection upon the Judgment and good taste
of the Centennial Commissioners. When we said
that but for the zeal of the Women's Committees we
should have no representation on the 10Th OF May
of the musical taste and progress Of America, We
meant only that but for the women there would
have been no funds to devote to this important OBJ
jcct, and on n reading Of the whole paragraph we
fli this meaning must be clear. 1t is the Women's
Committees who pay for the musical celebration ;
but it would be unfair to overlook the part which
Gen. IIawley and bis associates have had in making
and suggesting the arrangements, and the cordial
and enthusiastic cooperation of the Commission. the
Wonen's Committees, and the Director of the Music
in all the labor of preparation.
Year: 1876

The President III his veto message h's
rather the best of the argument when he com
pares salaries with the Congressman. lie shows
that their wages have been increased nearly
seyenfold since the Constitution was framed,
while the Presidents has only been doubled


But in thus confounding the Congressman he
unconscously lays bare the whole imquity OF
the Salary Grab act wherein he was silent
PARTNER. Times have certainly changed since
Jefierson's day, aud we are not aware that
there is any serious objection TO the salary
that is now paid to the President. But he
ought not to remind us too bluntly OF the
manner in which his wages were doubled.


Students OF mathematics claim that all true
scieace must eventually be tested by the SCI
ence of numbers-or rather, as they phrase 1T,
of quantity. Perhaps this tendency is indi-
Gated In the faot that oil the papers read at
Year: 1876

i. From the Augusta Me. Journal


An elderly and respected gentlemen
from this city returned rome from the
Centennial minus his teeth. Sitting down
on sofa at his boarding place, seeking
for "rest and refreshment," he took out
his set of artificial teeth, laid them upon
the sofa, leaned back and indulged in a
sweet sleep. The keeper of the boarding
house came along, saw the situation, and
placed the teeth in the pocket of an over
coat which he supposed belonged to the
sleeper, and kindly covered that individual
with the overcoat to prevent him from
taking cold. Soon thereafter the gentleman
owning the overcoat came that way, took
the garment and wore it away, and with it
went the teeth. Our toothless friend
awoke and was "down in the MONTH
when he discovered the true situation of
affairs. Not being able to grapple longer
with the tough beefsteak at Philadelphia
boarding houses, he returned home to have
his Jaw repaired.
Year: 1876

The celebration of Delaware Day at the
Centennial, was an event in the history o.
our State, Of which we may we'll feel the
interest of patriotic pride. To our posteri'
ty it will be a pleasing feature in Delaware
history, and to ourselves it will always be
a satisfaction Of qualification to have seen
our own participation in swelling the grand
success of the National Exhibition. Della
ware has nothing to regret by the postpone
ment of its day, for Thursday witnessed its
complete success. There was no feature
ofunpleasantness to mar the happiness o.
the event, and we take this occasion to
refer to and compliment the management
of those under whose immediate control the
affair came.
Year: 1876

There is strong, and not without reason,
talk of making the Centennial perma-
nent exhibition. A Philadelphia paper
says:


1t is impossible to regard the proposi-
ton for the retention of the main Expo
sition building as other than most inn
portant one to the city, and measurably
to the country at large. There can be
no question about the success of many of
the plans which have beer proposed for
the profitable use of the main building
Immediately after the Exposition closes.
Such a suggestion as that made in the
conference with the Park Commissioners
yesterday, to construct in the centre of
the building vast concert hall, or audi
torium and stage for various uses, COM
mends itself at once. Then again, there
il no doubt that enough will remain ofthe
present Exposition, if permanent show
il made certainty, to furnish a very
fair beginning for display which will
never be without attractiveness to resi-
dents of this city and to strangers, and
which will be extensive enough to fill much
more room than was contemplated in the
first designs with regard to retaining por-
zion Of the buildings.


Rut u far greater consequence Is the
Year: 1876

confederation that il the main building
Is retained, the holding Of another inter
national exposition It Fairmount Park will
|be reasonably assured, and can b provided
for at very small expense in comparison
with the vast expenditures for the present
exposition. No other city on the continent
can hope to take the future international
exposition in America away from Phila-
delphia, as long as the latter sees tit to
make proper exertion. The required
exertion will be almost incalculably les
sened if the main building be retained. A
secondexhibition, say in 1880, would then
be almost certainty.


By all means retain the main building.
1t is grand one for the purpose, and it
will be useful both now and hereafter in a
thousand ways.
Year: 1876

The pure atmosphere Of plain common
sense and sterling honesty will put an end
to the Hayes campaign. People want
something substantial this year, not a
vapor. Starvation, gaunt and ghastly, is
staring them in the face. Can they feed on
HAYES
Year: 1876

HAPPY EVERY DAY.-Siduey Smith
cut the following from a newspaper and
preserved it for himself.


''When you rise in the morning, form
the resolution to make the day happy one
to a fellow creature. 1t is easily done; a
left off garment to man who needs it;
kind word to the sorrowful; an encoura-
ging expression to the striving -trifles in
themselves as light as air-will do at least,
for the twenty four honrs. And if you
are young, depend on it, it will tell when
you are old; and if you are old, re st assured
it will send you gently and happily down
the stream of time to eternity. BY the
most simple arithmetic sum, look at the re
suit. If you send one person happily away
through the day, that is three hundred and
sixty-five in the course of year. And
suppose you live forty years only, after you
commence this course, you have made
14,OOO persons happy-at all events for a
time" s
Year: 1876

Coop FOR THE WHEAT HoLDERs.-Those
who have few thousand bushels of wheat
to sell, will rejoice at the upward tendency
of the markets The rise is result either
of the European war news, or of a sharp
demand by Minnesota MiIiers. A wheat
dealer informs us that he believes wheat
will reach higher price before spring,
than was ever known in state.
Year: 1876

If the Sultan's Ministry rejects the terms
proposed by the British government and
supported by all the other governments war
viii follow-that is to say, the Turkish ter
ritory north of the Balkans will be occupied
by the Russian army on the one hand and
the Austrian army on the other. Russia
will occupy Bulgaria and Austria b snia and
Herzegovina. 1t seemed not long since that
this movement of armies would involve
general war; but the case is changed in that
respect. Germany has declared that she will
be neutral in any event between Russia and
the Porte and has so informed both Powers.
England has informed the Sultan that her
interest in his fortunes will end with the
rejection of her plan, and in war follow
ing such rejection he would consequently be
without her support. Either France or Italy
could only be drawn into such war in
the train Of other Powers. Therefore instead
of general war it will be only. an armed
occupation, for before the troops of the two
empires the Sultan could oppose at best but
formal resistance. This would be the re-
suit of his rejection of the proposal, and his
acceptance of it would lead almost inevitably
to revolt of the Moslem population. 1t
would appear, therefore, that the Sultan's
position is not q pleasant one, as it seems ut
first sight that the Sultan must either accept
or reject what is proposed. This however,
is not altogether true. If the suggestion
made some days since by Prince Gortschakoff
of conference of Ministers of Foreign AZ
fairs should be acted upon it would furnish
way out of this difficulty. Putting HIM
self in the hands of such a conference the
Sultan would simply accept the will of
Europe, which would satisfy the Powers,
and the months that might elapse ere de-
cision was reached would probably give time
to cool the irritation in Constantinople and
certainly to concentrate there enough of the
army to guarantee the government.
Year: 1876

ance to its limit, and where drain
age equal to ordinary occasions was
found the same as no drainage in extra
ordinary occasions. In Europe these gather
ings were also in some degree provoked by
the great fairs which preceded the COM
mercial system and in the East they are
either of that nature or they are religious
assemblies like the visit to Mecca In Phila-
deiphia the same cause has simply produced
the same effect in modified degree and we
may thank the improvements in medical
science for the fact that the result is only a
slight increase in the general mortality
rather than devastating pestilence.
Year: 1876

IT Is AMAZING that such a report rs that
made by Judge Bosworth in regard to the
Guardian Savings Bank can be true, and yet
there is no reason to question it. Mr.. Joseph
]. ODonohue, who is one of tho Park Com
missioncrs, seems to have managed the con-
Germ after its failure in his own interest and
that of his family. The story which we
print in another column is most instructive
one. and shows that honor and integrity are
40 longer considered necessary in the man
.oement of business interests. A surety on
.he bond Of q receiver not only influences
he action of tho courts, but does 1t in his
own interest and even seems to share in the
defalcation Of his puppet Nothing could
bc more terrible than Judge Bosworth's
showing in this case.
Year: 1876

CENTENNIAL AWARDS. One of the grossest
outrages known to modern times has been
perpetrated by the Centennial Commission
ers. 1t appears that there were forty or fifty
exhibitors at the Exposition who did not get
any FIRST prizes. They have complained, as
it might be expected they would, and the
Commissioners have appointed committee
to consult with them, take their case into
consideration, find out just what they want
and give it to them. If the funds are ex-
hausted in the purchase of gold medals the
enterprise will go down in blaze of glory.
Having started so well and succeeded so
nobly thus far in furnishing first prizes to
everybody, we sincerely hope the Commits
sioners will satisfy the few whom they had
evidently only forgotten.
Year: 1876

Few if any persons are kept away from


Philadelphia by the apprehension that they
may fall victims to the malady which has
undoubtedly attacked many visitors and


caused some deaths; and as people will go
all tho same it is certainly silly on the part
of tho Philadelphians to deny the existence
of IN evil which does them little harm, when


an open admission and the adoption of
proper cautions might save many lives 1t
would be strange if the influx of visitors to
such on extent as 10 nearly double the popu-
lation of provincial town did not have just
such results as are seen in the ravages of
what DIR. Clark SO bluntly calls tho "cess-
pool fevcr;" because it would be con-
trary to experience and would be demon
stration that all sanitary precautions are
useless. If two or three or four hundred


thousand people could crowd themselves
without its ordinary population going out,


and without any addition to its accommoda-
tions in any respect, sanitary science might
be contemplated as grand delusion. In
the Middle Ages Europe was scourged every
few years with pestilence and the East is
scourged in the same way even now. Every
one OF those visitations may be connected
with some event which assembled hundreds
of thousands of people in places where they
could not be lodged without extreme crowd
ing; where the changes of diet and the
variations OF temperature taxed endur-
Year: 1876

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND CONFIDENCE
MEN.-Hitherto the confidence man has cut
n figure in our politics. but not in precisely
the way in which he has made his last ap-
pearance. It is no uncommon fact for man
to trade in conventions of Offices or else
where upon capital that has no existence
save in his own ingenious imagination, and
this is the ordinary role of the political con-
fidence man. In the case of the so-called
American Alliance two Presidential candi-
dates, it now seems, probably were victim
lied in precisely the same way as the unsus-
pecting countryman is victimized on the
street by sharper who sells him brass
watch for a 'solid gold'' patent lever. Gov
ernor Hayes and Governor Tilden-if the
evidence is to be believed dealt on the
assumption that the American Alliance was
something better than solid gold, and it was
evidently the poorest kind of brass.
Year: 1876

MR. CHAKLKS II. MARsHAL1 makes nm ap-
peal through tho HERALD this morning in
behalf of the Home for Destitute Children
of Seamen, on Staten Island, which is
worthy of the attention of all to whom it is
addressed. No more worthy and deserving
charity is to be found anywhere. Especially
do we recommend this appeal to the steam
slip companies carrying passengers to and
from this port 1t is only just that the same
facilities should be afforded for the collec-
ton of funds for the American society that
is given to the English, and we trust this
hint will be acted upon without delay.
Year: 1876

The TEAPOT MEDIUM sets up queer story
of partnership rs reason why he should
not pay alimony to his alleged wife. If it is
true his lot is little hard, as business
partner has scarcely the right to consider
herself wife merely because sho is q
woman.
Year: 1876

THE FALL MEETING Of the Nashville Blood
Horse Association has closed. The revival
pf the turf in the South is healthful. and
we trust it will be followed by the complete
revival Of business.
Year: 1876

The Poughkeepsie Eagle, in an article on
"How mistakes happen in newspapers"
figures up the number of types used in a
newspaper the size of the Eagle at 600,0
--i. e., the actual number of bits of metal
arranged and rearranged each day in pre-
pairing newspaper Of that size for the
press. We suppose few people think Of the
printing trade as one of the most exact and
particular of all the handicrafts, but it is.
In making type, variations that might be
allowed in the finest machinery would
render the type useless. It is very rarely
that type furnished by two separate found
ries can be used together without great
deal of trouble, though they try to make it
after the same standard. We read once in
while Of a wonderful piece of cabinet
work or of mosaic work, containing ten,
twenty, or fifty thousand pieces, the maker
of which has spent months, Or even years,
of labor in producing it, and people 60 to
see it as great curiosity, but the most
elaborate and carefully fitted piece of work
of this kind ever made does not compare
with that which the printer does every day,
for minuteness of detail and accuracy of
fitting. The man who does the first is
looked upon as an artist-a marvel Of skill
and if a hundred of his pieces are put in
the wrong way, it is not observed in the
general effect !; but if the printer, in fitting
ten times as many pieces together in a
single day, puts one where another should
be, or turns one the wrong way, everybody
sees it, and is amazed at 'the stupid care
lessness of those printers"
Year: 1876

Many children, instead of being as fresh
as peach are as wrinkled as last years
apples because they do not sleep enough.
Some physicians think that the bones grow
only during sleep. This we cannot say,
certainly; but we do know that those little
folks who sit up late at nights are usually
nervous, weak, small and sickly. The rea-
son you need more sleep than your parents
is because you haye to grow and they do
not. They can use up the food they cat
in thinking, talking and walking, while you
should save some of yours for growing.
You ought to sleep great deal; if you do
not, you will in activity consume all you
eat, and have none, or not enough, to grow
with. Very few clever children excel, or
even equal other people when they grow
up. Why is this? Because their heads,
IL not their bodies, are kept too busy: SO
that they can not sleep, rest and grow
strong in body and brain.