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Year: 1876

IT was at the funeral of the head of a
family. A neighbor in the yard, while
the service was going on inside, was
speaking of the deceayed, and took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to observe
in tone of subdued sympathy: can
had just got in his coal and potatoes for
the Winter. It is sad case"
Year: 1876

FREAK OF A DoG.-A Radnorshire
LADY, who was married in March, and
came to reside in Yorkshire, England,
recently paid visit to her father, who
before she was married, had kept two or
three sheep aeRs, of which she was very
fond. Since then he has retired from
business and disposed of all but one
DOG. This one met the lady with dem
onstrations of great delight upon her
arrival at her fathers house, and that
night the dog went distance of seven
miles to farm house where one of the
other dogs had been sent, 1.-THE latter
was blind, but kept as being an old fa-
vorite). In the morning when. the lady
went to the door, she not only saw the
dog which had given her such a glad re-
cePtlon the day previously, but also the
old blind one, which had evidently been
brought by the other dog to welcome
ner. When the second night came the
old blind one was taken back to his
nome by the same dog, which after
ward returned, having travelled dis
Iance OF twenty-eight miles to give
pleasure to the old blind one.
Year: 1876

"There is no time," he remarked
beamingly, as he stood up to carve
the Christmas turkey, "when one
feels the holy influence of home as
Oh this day. The calm and blessed
restfulness of gathering these sweet
children-." He intended to say
more, but just then two of the child
ren expressed u desire to have theiI
nose wiped and the baby put one
foot in the gravy, and he was oblig.
ed to stop.
Year: 1876

There had been a light fall of snow
and as she pressed her nose against
the window pane and watched him
shying around the coal-hole covers,
she knew that some time in the dim
past, that mans confidence had been
shaken.
Year: 1876

No financial crisis, no money panic,
no long prevalence of hard times, such
as we are now experiencing, has ever
failed to be followed by political revo-
luton in this country. Tne result of an
appeal to the economic aspects of the
campaigns of 1910 and 1860 was such as
is likely to happen to the Democracy this
year, because the present material condi-
tion of the country is more prostrated
than it was in either of those epochs and
because the responsibility for the exist
ing condition of affairs is more directly
traceable to the political party in power
than it was sixteen or thirty-six years
ago. The past few years have been ex-
ceedingly prolific in every branch of
natural increase to our national wealth.
Our harvests have been abundant, our
mines have yielded bonanzas Of hidden
treasure. no unusual calamity has been
visited upon us, and the Republican
party is without any excuse whereby to
account for the prevailing condition Of
things. No influence could have brought
it about except the most fragrant govern
mental maladministration, and for all
that which has occurred for sixteen years
in the general government and in most
of the states the Republican party which
held undisputed power, is to be held
responsible. This is the most significant
aspect of the campaign, it is the issue
upon which it is to be fought, it is the
vantage ground upon which the Democ-
racy will win it.


Every community in the country
bears its testimony to the prevailing de-
preston, and all such testimony is a
powerful argument in favor of a gen.
eral political change. The idle work,
man, the capitalist whose Investments
are crumbling before his eyes, the weary
tramp upon the dusty highway seeking
in vain for labor, are the most potent
stump orators in the land. And wher.
ever they appear their presence puts
the Republican party upon the defen,
sive. A writer in the New York hlde
pendent, lightly sketching the state o.
things in Massachusetts,, unconsciously
presents more vivid picture of the ne
cessity for administrative change thar
we have seen in the words of any pOlit
ical orator. The writer says:


All through the sweet June weather, they
come trOOping up-a tattered, grimy, des
perate, sad, but never a bad procession
Such men were never seen before in ou
selt-respecting Massachusetts, country road


on errapds such as these, Grave, grim mel
Year: 1876

1t is the West that is the most unjust
and illiberal in this campaign. Massa-
chusetts has the brains to see the folly of
the reckless and wicked course which
many speakers and newspapers have
pursued, and she talks out her opinion
freely. Says the Boston Globe, an inde-
pendent Republican journal: 1t is diff
cult for men who are not carried away
by the Fictitious excitement engendered
in a political campaign to understand
why so much stress shol Id be laid on the
sectional issue in this canvass, especially
by stump orators of the Republican
party. Such men know full well that
there is no real occasion for the appeals
in behalf of the preservation of our lib
critics or the representations of danger
to the Union from unrepentant rebels"
which make up such large proportion
of the campaign speeches. The people
generally dislike this continued conten-
tion over dead issues, and this attempt
to keep alive the antagonism between
North and South. They want peace and
tranquility for the whole country, and
they believe that their fellow-citizens of
the South want the same thing.
Year: 1876

To He Editor Of the Detroit Free Press.


The Radical papers, high and low, have
been busy for the last three weeks writ
ing up, modifying and amending their
grand charge of perjury against Governor
Tilden in connection with his income
tax. They repeat the infamous and alb
surd charge in every fresh issue of their
papers, acting upon the principle that
" a lie well stuck to is good as the
truth" and confident that a well dove
tailed falsehood will travel leagues while
truth is putting on its boots, knowing,
too, that Mr.. Tilden will not condescend
to make a personal reply to every malig-
nant partisan assault upon his public or
private character which the vindictive-
ness of party spirit or the ingenuity of
private malice may fabricate. Against
all assaults in this direction the Governor
may safely appeal to the record of his
whole life, as it has been known of all
men. After the great work he has
achieved for the people of both the City
and Sta0e of New York, in freeing them
from the monstrous corruptions which
for years had been sapping the public
virtue and destroying the material in
terests of the people, ne may well look to
that people, and will not look in vain, for
the vindication of his scharacter from the
vile ISLANDERS engendered by partisan war
fare of the lowest description.


And now 1 desire to say few words
in regard TO this great income SANDER,
the falsehood of which none know better
than those who make it. 1t is charged
thar Mr.. Tilden, in certain answer in
chancery made since he became can
didate for the Presidency, swore that he
received $4,000 in 1862 from a certain
railroad company, and as he did not in
clude it in his income return for 1862,
therefore he swore in 1876 that he had
committed perjury in 1862. Now that
is not very probable thing for man OF
Mr.. Tilden's well known character for
prudence and sagacity to do. The charge
is that this $4,000 should have been in,
cluded in his income for 1862; but while
his Radical accusers charge this they
wholly omitted and concealed, for theil
own purposes of deception, the further
statement in his answer, of which they
were well aware, that this same $4,000
thus paid him was for services rendered
during the years 1857, 1858, 1859 anG
Year: 1876

Some complaints were made in the
Council Thursday evening that the
plazas were not properly cared for. To
set the matter permanently at rest we
yesterday made personal inspection
of both the upper plaza and the Sixth
street park. We found everything in
apple pie order and the trees and
shrubs all in a thrifty condition. The
trees in the plaza are somewhat
covered with dust, which gives them
a rusty appearance, but this cannot
be avoided in such locality. The
soil is we'll worked and gives evidance
of thorough irrigation. Mr.. Tamiet,
the City Gardener, has reason to be
proud of his work. Especially in the
lower park he has displayed great taste
and skill in laying out the grounds in
walks and drives. OF the several
hundred trees and choice shrubs which
were there planted last Spring, not
one in fifty will fail to thrive. This
fact alone is undeniable evidence OF
good care and must silence all COM
plants.
Year: 1876

General Phil Shcridans letter, in which he seizes
with both hands the presidency OF the Custer National
Monument Association, as published IN the HERALD
yesterday read with universal satisfaction Every
one seemed to the fitness OF the dead hero gallant
comrado IN presiding over tho nations efforts to
perpetuae and honor his memory Tho massacre still
forms tho almost exclusive topic OF conversation,
and the contributions OF tho people to the
fund now in an undimlnshed stream. Subscription
lists were opened yesterday in the principal club
houses IN this city, in Delmonicos restaurant and In
all the leading hotels and most commendable rivalry
exists between them to which shall collect the
largest amount As will be below, the Hotel
Brunswick, the Hoffman House and tho Travellers
Club last night forwarded to the HERALD Office sub
scrptions, and they promise to so on in the
tho absence of many prominent clubmen
and hotel guests at the seaside, handsome
amount will be raised IN the Empire City, The Army
and Navy Club held meeting week ago at which
IL resolved appoint committee of five 10 funds
aud define plan for memorial to their late CON-
rade. General Hancock, however is in Washington the
greater part OF tho members OF town and for
these reasons committee has not vet been named
The idea of memorial most favored by the m mcmbers
Of tho club is that Of independent monument TO be
erected by them at West Point


Below will be found a fcw representative letters,
elccted hap hazard from those that accompanied
contributions.
Year: 1876

SARATOGA, July 19 1876.


In the early morning the college lads and their
friends out the broad balconies OF tho
and Union hotels and the cab and wagon drivers
busy the street canvassng the merits OF their many
nondcscrip vehicles There was such rush for the
lake, i've mcs away from Saratoga, made tho re-
gata days Of last year memorable and in fact all
excitement Of the day. far the village con-
ccrncd was crowded into the half hour following nine
O'Clock the morning and the quarter of hour sue
ccedlng Tho arrival at Congress Hall Of tho winning
crew-CorneL BY comparison with tho regatta OF
1875 the Of to-day was failure. The enthusiasm
Of the colleges last year infected all classes the
walters at tho hotel tables TO tho dgnined dowagers
who frequent tho hotel balconies On that occasion,
however thirteen colleges entered and the
as unprecedented by reason Of the large number of
Year: 1876

A man has just died in the Rue Lcmercier
Batgnolles, who at one time had q criminal


notorety in the United States at New York,


and after many vicissitudcs had come to
seek oblivion in our great city.
This man was named Chas. Colt, and he
was the father Of the inventor of the revol-
yer which bears that name. In 1S47 he
lived in New York, on the Harlem road, in


wooden house surrounded by a garden and


remote from every habittaion. He lived with


a mistress, with whom he often quarreled.


One evening, in a fit of anger, Colt killed


this woman by a blow with bottle on the


temple.


In the presence of the corpse the unfortu-


nate man only thought how he could make
away with it the quickest. An internal
thought passed through his mind he cut
the body in pieces, and, after sailing it,
buried it in another one and transported the.
funeral load on dray to n vessel which
sailed for New Orleans. Colt had taken
care to keep the head which he had buried
in the garden, and to give a false address in
~'Nh SllSdis, IOhNNdllhS hlSO lllo ONll HdlllC
as consignor. On reaching its destination,
the box could not be delivered, as the ad-
dress was fictitious. 1t was sent back to
NewYork, opened and the corpse discovered.
Thanks to a mark on the bosom Ia tuft of
hair toward the neck,) justice overlook the
guilty one. The buried head was found
in short, Colt, was condemned to be
hanged.


1t is unnecessary to say that the family
of the unfortunate Colt made all possible
efforts to procure his pardon they were not
even listened TO. The evening before the
day on which Colt was to be executed in
the prison, fire broke out in the interior of
the Tombs-the celebrated prison of New
York in the Egyptian style-and the fire.
man penetrated to the interior of the Jail
where one of them-won over by Colts
family-carried to him fireman's dress, by
means of which he disappeared in the midst
of the tumult


When they noticed his fight, it was to
late Colt had left New York and was lost
in the desert wilds of America. Thus he
came to Utah, to San Francisco, to Mexico,
and from there to France, where he lived un-
known in Paris under the name of Charles
kavanagh, the latter having been his
mothers name.


Before dying, Colt, who was Protestant,
sent for his pastor, and in his presence, and
before one of his neighbors-from whom
we get these details-revealed the true story
Of his life and his identity.
Year: 1876

THE OLD FoLKs.-We often reflect that
the bent and feeble forms of the aged whom
we meet in our daily rounds, once bore
hearts as blithe and gay and were as full of
childish ioibles as those Of the more youth
iul. They have all passed through the same
dream of happiness, and the pure romance
that thrilled the heart of the beardless boy
when love S young dream enraptured him BY
the soft check and languishing glance of
lovely woman each could tell his tale of
school-boy life, and relate the scenes of that
era crowded with more of love, of passion,
and more of spiritual truth than any of the
tales he had read in after life He could tell
of tender lays he had penned at midnight by
the light of a "tallow Dip" and contrast the
bright days of his youth with those later in
life, and even praise the maidens of his gen.
Grafton as being more fair than modern
maids. When young, they had whispers in
willing ear, kisses upon a blushing cheek,
and think the kiss and whisper of that early
day ionder than modern lips can now impart.
Ihey have recollection of passions sighted
and betrayed, of youthful friends early gone
to the spirit land, and prospects that only
opened to deceive. The eyes that are bright
and tho lips that talk of love and all the fair
forms that we behold, must, in the natural
order Of time, come to this. Ere long, all
that we value on earth will fade from oul
sight, and the treasures that we now so dear,
ly regard must be surrendered. We are all
growing old
Year: 1876

1t is remarkable and most interesting
fact that the very first use to which the dis
covery of printing was applied was the pro-
duction of the Bible. This was accomplished
at Mentz between 1440 and 1445. Gut
enburg was the inventor of the art and Faust,
a goldsmith, furnished the necessary funds.
Had it been single page, or an entire sheet,
which was then produced, there might have
been less occasion to have noticed it ; but
there was something in the whole character
of the affair which, if not unprecedented,
rendered it singular in the usual current of
human events. The Bible was in two vol
umes, which have been justly praised for the
strength and beauty of the paper, the exact
ness Of the register, and the lustre of the ink.
The work contained twelve hundred and
eighty-two pages, and being the first ever
printed, of course involved a long period of
time, and an immense amount of mental and
mechanical labor; and yet for a long time
after it had been finished and offered for sale
not being save the artists themselves knew
how it was accomplished OF the first
printed Bible eighteen copies are known to
be in existence, four of which are printed on
vellum. Two of these are in England, one
being in the Greenvlle collection, one in the
Royal Library of Berlin, and one in the Roy
al Library of Paris. OF the fourteen re-
naming copies ten are in England-there
being copy in the libraries of Oxford, Ed
inburg and London, and several in the col
lections of different nobemen. The velum
copy has been sold as high as e1,30O.
Year: 1876

For one prime natural product the emissa-


ries of fashion must go to Mincing Lane


Judging from the quantities in which it is


imported this article must be in considerable


demand, The ''lot' with which we are more


intimately concerned is lying in Cross Lane


and weighs some five thousand pounds-a


tolerably large consignment of an article


which is-well NOT necessary, perhaps, but
apparently finds customers readily enough.


1t is human hair, The great bulk of it
| comes from China, is black as coal and coarse


as cocoanut fibre, but of magnificent length


Many Chinese head has been shom to pro-
duce these tons of material, to be sold in lots
of two cases (of about four hundred pounds
each, and is expected to realize about one
half crown a pound in swholesae trans
action. Skilled experts are weighing and
feeling the long tresses, but soon leave them
to investigate the various shades and quail
ties of one bale of European, worth ten or
eleven times as much as the Chinese.
Whence comes this? ? From Germany main
ly-from Russia and from France sometimes.
Here lies a heap of samples cullel from this
valuable bale, with the weights of each col
or carefully attached With what variety
and richness Of hues glow these long, fine
silky tresses, ranging from the deepest brown
through every shade of ruddy auburn and
sunny chestnut to the purest gold and fairest
tlaXen. What monument of selfabnega-
tion is here? what picture of scli-sacrifce!
for when woman parts with her hair she per-
forms an act far more trying than when she
parts with her jewels That maiden must
be poor indeed who parts with her crowning
charm for few shillings. Legends to the
contrary Notwithstanding, how can she get
more than pitiful sum when cheice bale
after passing through the hands of the shear
er, the local merchant and the importer, and
paying cost Of transport, will fetch no more
than seyen-and-twenty shillings per pound?
The blonde madchen whose superb tresses /
hold in my hand, did not, | apprehend, get
much for them. Perhaps few forins lit
tie enough, according to our estimate of
money, but yet sufficient to keep the wolf
from her mothers door for Il little space
But this silken crown, which brought its
original owner so little, must pass through
many hands before it adorns the still hand
some head of Lady Barepoles, who is not
quite the woman she was when Barepoles be-
came the captive of her bow and spear in her
first season-but is yet leader of fashion,
Al the Year ROuad
Year: 1876

Without decision of character no man or
woman is ever worth button, or ever can
be, Without it, man becomes at once Il
good natured nobody, the poyorty-strlckon
possessor of but one solitary prinriple-that
OF obligng everybody under the sun merely
for the asking.
Year: 1876

A young gentleman got neatly out of a
fine scrape with his intended. She taxed
him with having kissed two young ladies
at some party at which she was not present


lie owned up to it, but said that their united
ages only made twenty-one. The simple
minded girl thought of ten and eleven, so
laughed off her pout, He did not explain
that one was nineteen and the other two
years of age. Wasn't it artful?
Year: 1876

Aeo Crumment says old Deacon Ransom
went to a circus and took his grandchild,
remarking to every acquaintance he met
that the boy wantedt to see the sacred an
imals, and he couldn't find it in his heart
to refuse him. Arriving at the tent he
cried to go home, and the Deacon spanked
him to make him go in
Year: 1876

u never get mad at fool was the cut
ting remark of man who fancied himself
ailronted by another, THAT accounts 70,
your always being on such amicable terms
with yourself" was the rejoinder.
Year: 1876

From the Kansas City journal of Commerce


And now it comes out that gauger, a
orCtcgc OF x-Senator Schurz, and who was
t ansported from St. Louis to New York to
Civ him . place. turns out very crooked
operator in crooked fluids. Now this
fact does not at all implicatc Mr.. Schurz in
anything wrong, but it does teach one thing
that man may be deceived in selecting men,
without being q criminal. And it does teach
another thing that Senator Schurz should
treat the President as in this case he desires
to be treated himself, and as we treat him.
If Mr.. Schurz, out of half dozen men Sc
lccted from his personal recommendation and
knowledge, cannot get each an honest man,
how can General Grant, who has to appoint
thousands on other peoples recommendation,
be expected to have no black sheep put upon
him:


The time for the whole truth in regard TO
st. Louis appointments will soon come. Mr..
SchurZ knows, Others know, that the President
did not overrule the remonstrances of himself
and others because of individual preference for
the appointments made. but because of more
influential and personally trusted Iecommenda-
tionS in their favor.


Yet the President has had to bear all the
censuTe and all tie abuse. and upon an as
sumption of fact that had no foundation what
ever. 1t is due from those who criticise his
action and complain of it, who have full
knowledge of the facts, to state the whole
case. They do not do this, and to that extent
show their willingness TO iniure him at the cost
of fairness and common justice.


How would it look for the opponents of Mr..
SchurZ TO attempt to fasten unworthy motives
or moral completely upon him because this man
whom he favored turns out TO be a rascal!
Nothing could be more unfair, yet we are
obliged to say that has been exactly the course
pursued toward General Grant
Year: 1876

The Kansas City journal Of Commerce., ed
tied by cx-Congressman Il. 7. Van Horn, one
of the truest Republicans in the country, says
that carl Schurz has written an open letter
to say that he does not believe the President
knew anything about the whisky ring-that
it is impossible the incumbent of the Pres;-
DENTAL Office could be guilty OF pecuniary cor
ruption. The ineXpressible meanncss Of this
letter lies in the fact of the suggestion itself.
1t is the refinement Of hypocrisy and hate to
suggest a thing TO another's injury, merely to
say it cannot be. And the next meanest thing


in his letter is to retail the stories he heard in
foreign travel TO the discredit of his country.
No man has had half the power to poison Ger.
man opinion against the American people aud
the administration Of its Government than
Carl Schurz, and no man has tried so hard to
do it. Now he comes back from Europe and
retails the opinion he himself created, as that
entertained of his adopted country-rcHecting
back the ISLANDERS he himself sent across the
water. more discreditable miSsive than
this open letter has not issued from a public
man for many years. But its malice has
neutralizcd the cunning of its inception. Mr.


Schurz has damaged his own reputation most
seriously in the estimation ofevery gentleman"