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Year: 1876

CENTENNIAL BADGEs.-The badge
adopted by the Centennial commission,
worn by each Of its members, is made
of gold, and consists of an American
eagle grasping in its talons horizontal
bar, upon which are the letters O.. 8. O.
&. An escutcheon is suspended from
the bar, and the badge is worn in the
center of blue silk ribbon, at the top
of which is the name in gilt letters Of
the State to which the commissioner be-
longs.
Year: 1876

AN ADVERTISING LAwYER.-The law
yers of Ireland are indignant at bar
rister who advertises in the newspapers.
The ancient etiquette of the legal as OF
the medical profession is to starve rather
Than publish ones business in the same
column with announcements OF dry
goods and groceries.
Year: 1876

Lapland mothers are not in the habit
of staving at home with their babies.
The Lapps are a very religious people,
and take long journeys to hear their
pastors. As soon as the family arrives at
the little wooden church, and the rein
deer are secured, the father shovels q
snug little bed in che snow, and tho
mother wraps the baby in skins and de-
posits it therein. Then the father piles
the snow around it, and the dog is s, t on
guard, while the parents 60 decorously
into the church. Often IA many as
thirty babies may be seen laid away in
the snow about church.
Year: 1876




the President. The Democratic party
cept South Carolina-thus securing 128
electoral votes, or more than two-thirds
of the requisite number-and it hopes
to obtain enough from the North to fill
out the balance. The very foundation
of ali its calculations is the solid South.
1t does not count upon the bulk of the
Northern States at all. 1t knows it
cannot carry Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan,
Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas,
Nebraska, Nevada or California. Ad-
mitting that all these Northern States
are against them, the Confederate Dem
ocracy count upon the solid South, and
hope to secure New York, Indiana,
New Jersey and one or two other North
ern States-just enough to give them a
majority of the Electoral College.


We appeal to the intelligence of every
reader whether this is not the correct
statement of the case-whether the
Democratic hopes do not rest entirely
upon the solid South and upon three OF
four states of the North. And what
does the solid South mean? What does
it represent? How is it made solid?
The solid South means the solid Confed-
crate vote. 1t means the domination
of those who fought against the Union
over those who stood by the Union.
These Southern States are made solidly
Democratic, not by the loyal men, but
by the confederates. We have had no
such alarming condition of affairs be-
fore since the closing of the war. The
situation was not as startling either in
'6S or ~ as it is now Then the South
ern States were not united. The loyal
men had control of some of them, and
no solid sectional array was presented.
But now by fraud, intimidation and
terrorism, the Confederates have seized
control and intend to make the South
solid for the Democratic party. If it
were not for this fact the Democracy
would to-day have no hope whatever.


Suppose this game should succeed
suppose the Democracy should triumph
through solid South and a divided
North-what then? Who would be the
masters? Can any intelligent man
doubt who would rule the party? Can
any sensible man doubt that the section
which furnished two-thirds of the elec-
toral vote to secure the victory would
control the policy? Democratic success
would mean not simply Democratic
President, but a Democratic Congress
"a Congress made up, like the present
House, of Confederate officers, ,dominat-
ing the majority. In word, to per-
nit Democratic success through solid
South is to place the Government in
Confederate hands. Is the country
ready for this momentous risk? Are
the people SO lost to national honor and
security as to surrender in this crisis?
Do prudent and patriotic men of any
party-whether Republicans or Demo-
crats-think it safe to place the Confed-
crates with all their claims in control
of the nation? We repeat, this is the su-
preme question of the campaign. AL
bany IN. Y Journal.
Year: 1876

Peter Van Dyke, an old chap who
died in New Hampshire the other
day, worth Sl40, 600 in cash, requested
in his will that no one should sniffie
and shed crocodile tears at his funeral,
but cover him over, and then hurry
home to fight over his money,


He knew what they would do, and he
wanted no delay or foolishness about
it. Peter had seen rich men lie be-
fore.
Year: 1876

Turkey has fifteen immense ships of
war, which cost nearly S2,OO0,00O
apiece. They lie idle in the Bospho.
rous all Summer, their only use being
to fire salutes every Friday when the
Sultan goes to Mosque. They never
go to sea and if they did they would
be likely to founder in the first gale,
for they are very unwieldy and the
Turks are miserable sailors. The on
ly voyages they make are when in
the Spring they are taken out of the
Golden Horn and anchored in the Bos-
phorus, distance of about two miles;
and when in the Fall they are taken
back to their Winter quarters in the
Golden Horn.
Year: 1876

We havereceiyed numerous letters of in.


qulry concerning the political record Of Ben


JANrN II. BR1srow prior to his acceptance of


the appointment Of Secretary Of the Treasu-


r. BY President GRANT, and in answer to


these we print this morning comprehensive
aud interesting summary Of 4Ir. BR1srow's


military and political career. It's perusal
Will supply all the information that can be
derived in relation to tho facts presented, and
will serve to thoroughly convince the people
Of the United States that the man who
was Republican when it cost COURAGE
and fearlessness to stand up against tie
slareocracy of Kentucky may be safely set
down as pretty good Republican IN these
later days of peace and good will. N1r. Bn1s-
1owhas not only record without flaw as
Republican, but he has figured in his State
as brave soldier on the side Of the Union,
wise and consistent Legislator, and an ur-
f1inching patriot. This record, coupled with
his splendid achievements in the interests of
honesty and reform as Secretary of the
Treasury, will be difficult to distort or be-
little in the event of its becoming IN impor-
tant factor in the Presidential problem of
1876.
Year: 1876

The proposition made by the Appropria-


ton Committee tsat the postal-delivery sys-


tenn by carriers should be discontinued in all


cities having less than 10000 inhabitants


was defeated in the House of Represents


tives yesterday BY a vote of 125 to 20. It is
likely that there could be fairer saving Of
money by this proposed limitation than in
some Of the other proposed reductions to
cripple the postal service, but the Demo-
cratic Congressman were frightened of by
the fear that the measure would excite the
hostility Of their constituents in the nuner-
Gus small cities who would thus be deprived
Of the carner-system, and hence they re-
fused to stand by tbs Recommendation of
their Appropriation Committee. The defeat
of the proposition is not to be regretted par-
ticu1arly, unless it leads to reduction in
other and more important branches of the
service. Though the carriers ore not so
in the smaller cities, they ere IN
important part Of complete postal system,
and the cities that have become accustomed
to them could Ill afford to dispense with the
Year: 1876

Ihe Democratic statesmen of the House
nfe making sorry job OF the appropriations
for tie Post-001ce Department, of whose
needs and workings they manifest density
OF ignorance remarkable even in the arcrao.
bourbon Legislator. The general idea seems
70 be to cut down something, and they are
saughterlng some of the mail routes in
Southern and Southwestern States in q recs-
less, hit-or-miss style that they will probably
Lear from when the thing becomes thorough
y known As rule, Democratic. strong
Aolds require only moderate facilities for tie
transmission Of letters and newspapers, but
they want their share Of the appropriations
just the same.
Year: 1876

starts off With nine out of delegation Of


twenty-five, it is probable that the entire


delegation will gofor him under the influence


of the intelligent people Of that State the
moment it shall become apparent that Mr.
BLAINE cannot be nominated. Why can't
Michigan start the ticket-BR1sTow and
BLAINE? They would be winning team.
Mr. BLAINE is IN experienced Parliam enta-
1ian, IN excellent presiding officer, and would
make in every respect IN admirable Vice
President, while BR1srow is an unsurpassed
executive officer, aud would make magnifl-
cent President. No Democratic combination
could beat that ticket
Year: 1876

The story circulated about the streets YES


tertlay that Mayor HoYsE had consented to


some contrivance called t' an agreed case, )"


which would hold his rights in suspense, is


utterly untrue. The reported plan Of trying


the merits Of the dispute is absurd On its


face. CoLvrs was to sign Comptroller's


warrant on the City Treasurer. The LITTER


was to refuse to cash it. Thereupon the Law
Department was to sue out q mandanus in
behalf Of GOWN to compel the payment of


the warrant If the Court decided that it


must be paid, then GOWN was to be declared


lawful Mayor another year, and HoYNE was


to step down and out This was said to be


alr. GouDY's innocent little trap for catch


ing Mayor HoYSE- But the spring and


teeth were quite visible to the naked eve,


and accordingly it did not catch anybody.


By such a procedure co1v1s would be


placed on the inside track The Court could


decide that Co1EH Was perfnncto1y Mayor;


and therefore the warrant was legally drawn,
and must be paid, and that, too, without
touching upon the question at ISSUE Mayor
HoYSE has nothing whatever to do with any
patent compromise scheme. he YVES elected |
Mayor by the citizens of Chicago at gen
eral election by nearly Il three-fourths vote
the term Of his predecessor having expired
five months previously; tho votes cast for
him were canvassed by the City Council ac-
cording to Law, md they declared him duly
and lawfully elected, aud fixed his bond He
filed q satisfactory bond, which the Council
approved, and took the oath of Office. The
City Council passed resolution notifying
and commanding all departments of the Mu-
nlcipal Government to respect and obey him
as Mayor of Chicago, and he has entered
upon the discharge Of bis official duties,
Now, in the face Of those undeniable facts,
where is there any room for compromise
lodges? He has nothing to give away. His
business is to enforce the laws and ordi-
1ances of the city, and preside over the
meetings Of the City Council II ex-aoyor
'o1s1S wants to dispute Mayor HOMES Of
ice, let him hire his lawyers with his own
money, and get out his writ Of quo scasraato,
nd show the Court, if he can, that he has
'etter right to the Office than tie Mayor
lect- He can commence such proceedings
'henever he plenses. Mayor HoYaB will de- J
end against my claimant, and yield the Of
ce gracefully the moment anybody can {
rove better title to it than he possesses. :
hat IS the only compromise which is posi-
Year: 1876

ITO PHYSiCIANS.-The undersigned having
i been independent practitioner IN two OF the IN
sutons production OF pure Vaccine Lymph In Ger
possessing extraordinary skill in the treatment OF


well In securing high percentage OF
effective vaccine matter desires 10 form PAltI
NERSHP with physician druggist OF high standing with


Wow establish similar institution in this city or VICINITY
please address Jenners Vaccine lymph, Tribune Oce
Year: 1876

Capt. Webb, the great swimmer,
writes, in CasseU's Family Magazine:
cit is the duty of every parent to insist
on his sons learning to swim. To teach
very young child to swim, the best
place is large puddle in the sand at
low tide. The child, like a puppy, will
begin by padding. If you throw cork
into the water, you will see the puppy
run in up to its depth and give short
bark; and the chances are, especially
if there is a grown up dog that can
swim to set him an example, than in
day or two he will take his plunge of
his own accord, and very proud he will
be of his first success; only here again,
don't overdo it. AS soon as the puppy
has been in, walk away, and call him,
and he will be more anxious to 60 into
the water another time. Now, treat
your child like your puppy. Entlce
him to go in, and if you can get some
older child who can swim to go in with
him all the better, but let the child do
lust as he likes. Get two children to
play at splashing one another; they
will enjoy the fun, and gradually get
ting excited, will venture in deeper and
deeper"
Year: 1876

An attempt was made to rob an ex-
press train on the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railway, at Blue Jacket Switch,
in the Cherokee Nation, on the night of
the 11th. The plan of the miscreants
was to switch the train, and then plum
der it at their leisure. The officers of
the company had received information
ofthe intended foray, however, and were
prepared to receive the robbers with
o well armed force. Unfortunately
one OF the train guards got excited and
commenced firing too soon, and the
whole gang took to their heels. There
were seven of the rascals in the party.
Two OF them were reported captured
at Chetopa on the following morning,
and the arrest of nearly the whole gang
was anticipated.
Year: 1876

A GIRL employed in paper mill at
Westfield, Mass, suffered a severe at
tack of lockjaw last week, in which the
jaws were set for nearly two hours.
The doctor said the trouble was the re-
suit of an invsterate habit of chewing
gum.
Year: 1876

The House Committee on Territories
has voted to amend the bill making New
Mexico State, SO as to provide that
the election for the adoption of the
State Constitution shall be held in June,
1877. This will prevent the new State
from taking part in the next Presidential
election.
Year: 1876

WHEN tramp calls for your best
in the house, tell him spades are
trumps and then order him up to the
garden and lead at him with a good
sized onion bed. Hiram Miller play
ed the game in this way the other day
and made point. It's according to
"HOyle."
Year: 1876

1t is believed that if Mr.. Bright can hold
the subscriptions now offered to build the
extension to Rehoboth until next spring
the track will then be laid. A Baltimore
gentleman who was first at Rehoboth few
days ago was so much pleased that he pro-
poses to soon return, buy a lot, build cot
tage, and then go in for the extension of
the railroad with all his might. He is
wealthy.
Year: 1876

JAKRErr. the theatrical manager. was
recently the hero Of moving acci-
dent. While taking dignihed stroll in
a grove at Rockawsy he observed a large
black bear in his immediate neighbor-
hood, and At once so, out for the hotel.
with bruin in hot pursuit. lilo reached
this asylum OF safety only q few feet in
front Of the animal. making the best
stage-manager time ON record. only to
learn that the bear was tame one,
which hal been trained to run foot.races
with its master. and had been reused TO
emulation on observing the managers
burst OF speed.
Year: 1876

rumor reached this onice yesterday to the enecs
that letter IN the city were ordered
time ago visit certain houses in their respec
tive districts and ascertain tho names and political
iah within and report The samo 70 their
superiors. A HERALD reporter at once called upon
Postmaster James in relation 10 tho matter, and wns
met with prompt and positive denial OF the report
that gentleman. The Postmaster said that such
story was simply absurd. and that he never allowed
uny par,isan feeling 10 influence any OF his in
connection with his management OF the Post once
Mr. D. Gsyler General superintendent OF the city de-
livery also reiuted the allegation. saying that no
would no moro issue such order than he would
order tho carriers TO inquire what was tho religious
belief OF the cnzens in their districts. or what they
had had for dinner Both Mr James aud Mr. Gsyer
SAID that II any subordinate officer had presumed TO
give any such directions 10 the carriers they would
quickly hear of it at headquarters and neither sad
heard OF anything like IL.
Year: 1876

WE never could understand how the
managers of banking institution
could persuade themselves to con-
tinue receiving deposits up to the mo-
ment of closing their doors forever.
Yet the last moments of a majority Of
banks whose names figure in the list
of dear departed are marked with these
unpleasant incidents. In the eyes of
the majority of men it is an unworthy
transaction to take from poor labor
ing woman her hard earned pittance
of one hundred and fifty dollars and
hurl it into the all-swallowing vortex.
All who know Mr.. TEMPLE feel that
his kind, generous heart and honor
able nature did not and could not per-
NIT transaction of this kind over
IS the counter of his bank, yet business
was transacted as usual up to the last
hour of the banks existence, and in
the course of that business wrongs
wrongs that seem unpardonable- were
perpetrated on those whose poverty
and helplessness-whose trusting con-
fidence-should have entitled them to
protection against danger they knew
not Of. The deposits of the poor are
small-little drops in the great sea-
their little, though precious all, aid
nothing towards buoying up the sink
ing ship. Then why accept it? The
fiat has gone forth. Wreck is inevi-
table. Preparations for assignment
are already made. Surely no harm to
credit or reputation could come of de-
clining to accept the poor woman's
mite. 1t is a wrong, a cruel wrong,
on the part of the man standing be-
hind the counter of collapsing @snk,
to take the deposits of the trusting
poor.
Year: 1876

THE remarks of the Herald yester-
day morning concerning the necessity
for the better protection of the city's
funds, will apply equally well to those
of the county. The increase in the
number of instances of the loss of
county money is sufficient to create
alarm in the minds of the tax payers.
We believe that the safest-in fact the
only perfectly safe plan which coun-
ties can adopt for the preservation OF
their funds, is to require the Treasurer
to keep the money in the county's
safe, and too much care cannot be tax
en- in seeing that he gives the most
satisfactory bonds for the safe keeping
of the funds entrusted to his care. A
lava general law applying to every
county in the State-should be passed
by the Legislature at the present ses-
sion, compelling the Treasurer to
keep every dollar of the public money
in q safe provided by the county. Un-
der such law it will be the fault of
those whose business it is to accept
the Treasurer's bonds if a county loses
Its money or any part thereof.
Year: 1876

hereby authorized, if it so desire and
determine, to transfer from the Fund
known as the Water Fund, or any
other Fund of said City, into which
the proceeds of the sales of water for
irrigation are now or may hereafter
be payable to the credit of said Irri-
cation Improvement Fund-all, or so
much thereof as the Common Coun-
Water Fund or other Fund above re-
ferred to.


Sec. 4. Whenever on the first day of
February of each year there shall be
in the said Irrigation Improvement
Fund, sum of money amounting to
five thousand dollars, or over, and in
excess of the amount that will be re-
quired to pay the semi-annual inter.
est on said bonds so issued and falling
due on the first day of July thereafter
as herein before provided the Common
Council may, if it so desire, order the
City Treasurer of said City to adver-
tise for proposals to redeem the bonds
hereby authorized to be issued. The
Common Council may make such
other, and further provision for the
sale of the bonds and the redemption
thereof, not in conflict herewith, as it
may see fit, and shall have at all times
the right to reject any and all bids,
either for the purchase or redemption
of said bonds before maturity.


Sec. 5. Whenever at any time after
the whole of the principal and interest
of the bonds issued in pursuance of
this Act shall have been fully paid and
discharged, there shall be a balance of
money to the credit of the said Irri-
cation Improvement Fund, the Com
mon Council of said City is hereby
authorized to transfer such balance to
any other Fund Of said City, and dis
burse the same for other municipal
purposes.


Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect i'm
mediately.
Year: 1876

company and an opponent of compe-
ting railroads. These denunciations
amount to nothing with us. The
HERALD advocates and supports what
1t believes to be for the best interests
of the people, and in the pursuance of
this course it eats no dirt and toadies
to neither the Southern Pacific rail-
road company nor to Senator JONES.
The HERALD is the peoples paper,


aud 1t is from the people, and not from
corporation, it receives its support.
We believe, and our belief is shared by
the people, that no matter how much
stock is subscribed to JONES' proposed
railroad he will, unless our citizens
have it In their power to prevent it,
ultimately sell the road and stock to
the Southern Pacific railroad company.
The arguments Of the Express that no
guarantee that such sale will be made
is necessary is strong evidence that it
is necessary. With the consent of the
HERALD the Southern Pacific railroad
company will never receive from the
people of this city and county another
dollar in the shape of subsidy. We
shall use every honorable means in
our power to prevent the donation of
subsidy or the subscription of stock to
any and all roads that are not placed
forever beyond the reach of this cer-
poration. In the maintenance of this
position we receive the support of the
people, and while we have that sup
port the opposition of corporations or
the denunciations of their subsidized
organs will be unheeded by US. We
are the earnest advocate of railroads,
and we hope that they will run in ev-
cry direction throughout Southern
California; but we do not want to see
the people inveigled into building
roads that will be sold to the Southern
Pacific before the last rail is laid.