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Year: 1876

When you rise in the morning, form the resolution to make the day happy one to fellow creature. It is easily done; @ left-off garment to the man who needs; kind word to the sorrow full; an encouraging expression to the striving-trifies in themselves as light as air-will do at least for the twenty four hours. And if you are young, de- pend upon it, it will tell when you are old; and if you are old, rest assured it will send you gently and happily down the stream of time to eternity. By the most simple arithmetical sum, look at the result. If you send one person away happily through the day, that is 365 in one year. And suppose you live forty years only after you commence that course of medicine, you have made IA, 600 persons happy-at all events for a time,
Year: 1876

Twenty years ago one of the most offensive refuse products from manufac- turing industry was that known as gas tar. It was surreptitiously got rid of by throwing 1t into the rivers, and formed the ghastly blue patches known as "blue belly" This substance, by the aid of the chemists art, has been lifted up from it's lowly place, and now stands forth as the source of some of the most useful products in the arts; but its hor rible color and odor have been trans muted into the most beautiful dyes and the most delicious favors. The offen- sive refuse, this poor rejected Cinderella, has now become the queen of the by products of our manufactures. Instead of it's being furtively put out of sight, factories have sprung up alongside of the gas works to enable the chemist to transmute their gas tar and ammoniacal liquors into a score of different by-pro- ducts of wholly different natures; and the curious thing is, that many of them are, ss If by magic art, elevated from this dire nuisance into materials which appeal to the sense of beauty and deli cacy in every form. Among other pro- ducts of gas tar as of insufferable smell is benzole, which, with nitric acid, produces nitro-benzole, body resem- bling in odor bitter almonds. It is greatly used for the purpose of perfum- ing soap. Benzole itself is 8 body of great solvent powers, and one of the most effective removers of grease stains known; whereas the source from which it springs is one of the greatest soilers in existence. Naphtha is a product of this tar-the source of light in many factories removed from gas works; when treated with turpentine it is transmitted into camphene, and Eliminates our drawing rooms. Naphtha is also used in dissolving the various gums, resin, etc., India rubber and gutta percha, and by it's instrumentality 0 hundred new sub stances are thereby introduced to the world. Aniline, the base of the dyes bearing that name, is obtained from the action of nascent hydrogen, or nitro benzole. It seems almost incredible that the delicate tones of color known under that name should issue from so foul source; but so it is. The arts would, indeed, be deprived of one of their most beautiful embellishments if this new agent had not been discovered. A brilliant yellow is again produced by the action of nitric acid. Oarbolic acid is converted into carbazotic acid. Even red dyes, but of very ephemeral char acter, are produced from naphthaline. Almost all the colors of the rainbow is- sue from it; but the absence of all color, lampblack. is made by burning with slight access of air the least volatile con- ponents of gas tar. Among the light oils of tar are some which, mixed with the heavy oils, are effective in preserv- ing wood from rotting, and the tar creo- sote, carbolic acid, which is a most powerful antiseptic, and one which will come greatly into use now that the nation is becoming more careful of its health.
Year: 1876

The hearing of the Belknap case
before the police court was fixed for
Tuesday, when an indictment
was probably found. He was then
to be arrested. There is little doubt
that the wretched, fallen man will
suffer the penalties prescribed by
law for his .crime-three years in
penitentiary and the payment of a
fine three times the amount of the
bribe he received. Nothing less will
meet the demands of Justice.
Year: 1876

Senator McCormack's vote was last
week recorded against the passage OF
the capital punishment bill. We are
glad to find him upon the humanity
side Of this question, and give him
credit accordingly. The bill failed
In both Houses.
Year: 1876

ments may be dissipated, and against whom
war of all kinds may be waged with unrelent-
ing ferocity. We have not word to say mere
for The "bosses," but surely we may say q
uord in defense of laborers against the cru
ely and oppression of their fellow craftsmen.
We insist that 10 one shall be prevented by
the ONIONS from working, if he desires to
work. In this matter OF personal LIBERTY
every sensible person will be upon the
side of the strikers, if they please
to strike, and also upon the side oil
the non-strkcIs, so long as they do not
please to strike. No combination has
right to compel free citizens to give upther
freedom. The law in New-Jerscy appears at
first to be merely made for the protection OF
the employers but really it is quite as much
for the protection of the woIlingman and his
family. Considering how easily those who are
in passion are betrayed into oAenses the full
purport Of which they do not comprehend, we
hope that in these cases the authorities Will
show all the lcniency which the law will per-
nit; but we hope also that the poor, with
families to support, VIII be allowed to work
for just such wages as they may see tit to
accent.
Year: 1876

Speaker hcrTS long ana brave struggle ID
over. There is something pathetic about his
brief temperance IN public life, ana his mlshaps
through the session. In majority so largely
made up of unknown men, he was gwen
special prominence because he had served IN
Congress before, had shown ability and
kept clean hands. For these reasons he was
wanted on the floor, for which he was fitted i;
but because they had nobody else of whom the
public knew the same things, he was drafted
into the chair, for which he was not lit at all.
He was known to be Il strong pa tisan, but his
opponents had generally thought him fair
man. He stunned them by appointing COM
mittees so incongruous and sometimes so unfair
that the absurdities of ,heir composition could
only be attributed in some cases either to per-
sonal prejudice or to ignorance. lie had been
held by the noisicr refomers as the one
Democrat whom it would be safe to trust as
against the lobby; yet he organized the com
mittceS III the interest of the Southern Pacific
Railroad. He was thought to be sound on
finance, and earnest above all for the triumph
of the better elements of his party. But he
made committee from which we have finally
received the House repeal of the Resumption
act and he used his patronage to the end
of securing every influence to aid in the
nomination of ThOS. A. Hendricks for the
Presidency. Even in minor matters he made
such pitabc mistakes as to impose upon the
WAYS and Means Committee the clerk who had
named his child after the assassin of Abraham
Lincoln.


Then he fell i'll. The House drfted away
from his control, and the majority for time
lost all cOhcrcnce. He was made the subject
of an atrocious calumny affecting his personal
character, and while no honest man was willing
to believe it, the circumstances were so pecu-
liar as 90 perp!ex and bewilder even his
friends. That his stainless honor was finally
vindicateG, and that the generous course OF
his political opponents made the vndicauon
thorough and overwhelming, was the one
piece of good fortune which the session
yielded to this bufleted brolen-down man, on
whom it opened with so fair promise. On
Tuesday the House adjouncd-haying done
what it could to make shipwregk of the party
and on Saturday its Speaker died.


And yet it was Il happy ending. He had
always the sincereSt respect OF his fellow
members of all parties His bearing as
Spcaker-in spite of the miShaps of his posi-
tion-had given the feeling n warmer tingc.
His illness, hi. manly bearing under the
wanton attack upon his reputation, and the
heroic forttude with which he endured his
suilelings, converted it into allcciionate re-
gard. His dying hours were swectened by the
formal, and altogether unusual expressions of
sympathy from the House, and by universal
manifestation of the kindlicst good will; and
his memory will be cherished as that of man
who honestly did his best and was always bet
ter than what he did.
Year: 1876




All our readers are or should be interested
in the question of Capital Punishment If it
be necessary for the peace and happiness and
safety of society, at least in eases OF mortal
felony, it Is vitally necessary. The room for Il
compromise is exceedingly narrow. If the pun
ishmcnt be desirable, or if it be demanded by
the fundamental principles of Jurisprudence,
all weak dalying is DISASTROUS all morbid SYM
pathy childish, and all efforts to keep the law
on the statute book without enforcing 1t are
discrcditable to the human intellect. Again,
if the experiment of abolition is to be
tried, the least which we can demand
is an accurate statement of results, or
OF the absence of results which can be legiti-
matcly regarded. as conclusive. -Four years
ag0 the extreme penalty was abolished III Iowa.
Vigorous attempts have been made from time
to time 30 restore it recently these have been
multiplied, and a direct influence brought TO
bear upon the Legislature; and it has been
distinctly asserted that one result of the repeal
has been great increase in crimes Of a cap
ital character in the State. We confess that
we were ourselves under Such an impression.
We would therefore specially call the attention
of the reader to the letter of Mr.. Bovee,
which we publish this morning. The writer
has given great attention to the subject, and
occupies a prominent and honorable position
among the opponents of the gallOws.


1t will be observed that Mr.. Boyee denies
that murder in the first degree has increased
in Iowa during these four years Of experiment; ;
and he quotes the authority of Senator Jessup
for the exactly opposite fact, that murder in
the first degree has decreased since the abo-
lition. Again, other crimes Grape, for lnstance)
have increased in number, and this increase is
of offenses which were never punishable by
death.


A very important question is whether the
absence of a legal death penalty in Iowa has
intensified mob violence there. Mr. Bovee
meets this by pointing to the prevalence of
Lynch law in other States III which capital
punishment is still maintained. He cannot
conclude, we are sorry to say, without speak
ing a little sharply of "theologians" " who STILL
upon religious grounds, advocate the restOra-
ton of the old law. Mr.. Bcyee should re-
member that it is quite possible for a cOnsci-
cntious man to accept the ancient doctrine
upon this point as of Divine authority There
is nothing absurd in it, and really nothing
opposed TO the very highest and most rational
benevolence In this respect, capital punish
ment stands upon the same footing with war,
which ia undoubtedly forbidden by any literal
and narrow Interpretation of texts. Th" So
Year: 1876

1t will be observed that Tammany is healing its
breaches. The way it proposes to do it is to take
back john Morrissey and the rest of the. un-
clean material it had spewed ont. Now. as
the city seems unchangeably Democratic, this
amounts to saying that We are to be governed
henceforth by Tammany at its worst. We commend
the fact those wise citizens who thought 1t best last
year. for the sake of petty partisan advantage, to
slap Tammany in the face when it was trying to
clean itself. They deliberately chose the worse
wing of the Democracy, helped it to beat the other
and so have forced Tammany, in selfdefense to take
il back. Tammany can now fairly say to complaining
taxpayers, Every well, gentlemen; you insisted on
having the rule of the prze-fghter and the gambler
You refused TO let us win unless we took them
back. You actually joined hands with them
to beat us. when we were trying to
give you decent government. Now we will take
them back, and you can put up as best you may
such government as follows" All this is very
natural thing for Tammany to say. What are we
gong to do about itf
Year: 1876

Everybody, except perhaps the vendors Of soda
water. is rejoicing in the change to cooler weather.
A very common phrase at present Is the expression
of belief that the backbone of the hot weather is
broken" Perhaps it is, but in any case there is
usually a cheated term some time during Septem-
ber and the season for Fall oyercoats is not yet at
hand. The present change is in fact rather in the
wind and in the moisture Of the atmosphere than IL
actual temperature. There was very little differ
ence between the afternoon records of the thcr-
mometcr of yesterday and of the Wednesday prevI-
ous. Judged by that instrument alone, yesterday
was hotter than the two days preceding 1t. But
brisk wind from the north during the afternoon, and
a certain amount of dampness in the air. made it feel
cooler The night temperature has, however, fallen
more than that Of the day; and as the nights are
now growing longer there is fair reason to hope for
a continuance of this part Of the improvement.
Year: 1876

-Four years ago if anybody thought of Gov Hayes
for the Presidency it was hardly Gov. Hayes yet
four years ago he said in a speech: " We ought to
have reform of the system of appointments to the
civil service thorough, radical. and complete" This
is precisely what Gov. Hayes, being nominated for
the Presidency, now says And a very good opinion
it is to stick to- We triic more III need OF re-
form now than we were then, and ii is encouraging
to find that the Governor has not changed his mind
President in favor of term, with bis head full
of civil service reform, ought to do good stroke of
business.
Year: 1876

The celebration of "Salt Water Day" in
New-Jersey brings TO mind IN old scandal. 1t
used to be said that that was the only day in
the year when the farmers of the State washed
themselves. Which only shows the tendency
TO fling base and baseless surs at New-Jersey.
Year: 1876

Ex-Postmaster Jewell started his campaign
work with forcible speech last week at Brat
tleboro He sees very clearly that Reform IS
the leading issue. The only question for
voters is as to which side Is likely to bring
about genuine reforms and this must be
Judged from tue record ard the candidates.
Year: 1876

TRIBUNE bas largely the lead in this class OF busi-
ness printing for instance, last Saturday, and we
believe generally, more educational advertising
than all the other daily papers in the city combined.
We had the curiosity few days ago TO compare ad-
vertisements of this class in THE TRIBUNE for one
week with the similar advertisements for the CORE
spondng week of the previous year The result
showed for the first week in August IL
more advertisers this year than last, with
something like 800 lines in the week
less advertising More schools had felt the necessity
Of seeking for patrons but old and new advertisers
alike had felt also the necessity for reducing thelr
expenses Each one told what he offered in the
fewest words while more Of them waited TO tell ~.
We observe that the same tendency has continued
throughout the month, and that it IL spreading
among other classes of advertisers. ID is n good
thing to have spread. Twenty short advertisements
instead of ten long are always better Tor tho
newspaper and more interesting to its readers; and
we suspect that in many cases they are quite as
profitable TO the advertisers.
Year: 1876

Mexican George and white man, unknown,
were shot this afternoon near here They we're
caught in the act Of stealing horses and mules
from the camp, and sum,narily dealt With. This
vas only accomplished after hard fight Since
our arrival in the hills large number OF public
and private animals have been stolen from the
command. and this is the first writ ne have been
enabled tn iss11n
Year: 1876

hia1, has received official notice that his superior
photographs have received the highest awards
He is making the same premium photographs IN
cabinet size a specially at the reduced pr1ce-S7
Der doZen
Year: 1876

CARBON PHOTOGRAPHS BY GENTLE.
Those who wish to preserve copies should not
have their portraits copied by any other process
than the patent process made exclusively by GEN
tile in Chicago
Year: 1876

Washington Dispatch to tho Cincinnati Gazette,


Several of The Democratic
watchers have returned from
South Carolina. They report that
they were greatly surprised at
the Indifference of the Demo
Gratis Of that State to Tilden. They
seemed to care nothing for him
in comparison to Hampton, and
they still cherish bitter feelings
toward the Northern Democrats
for conspiring with them to ac-
complish secession and then Civ
ing them no aid whatever, when
their move resulted in war. These
gentlemen say that the Southern
Democrats have no idea Of doing
the least thing looking to another
war. They and their people have
had enough of that, and the lead
ers among them speak in great
derision of The ptterances, from
Northern Democratic sources,
which smack of war. They say
that it was just so with their
Northernfriends before, up to the
time when their assistance was
in the field.
Year: 1876

the roll of bills twenty dollar
mote and held it out to me.
| j knew he had a sickly wife and
two or three children, and that he
had ahard time oft himselftop pull
through from month to month, so
| said, half ashamed Of the tears
that were still streaming down
my face: "Indeed | cannot take
the money.-You must need it
YOURSELF


Indeed, you viii take it, man.
said jim. you will be all right
in a few days, and you can pay it
back. Now come home with me
to supper and see the babies, l
think it will doyou good


took the note and accepted
the invitation, and after that went
to his house frequently, until lie
moved away and | lost sight Of
him.


Ihad returned the loan; but it
was impossible to repay the
good this little act Of kindness
did me, and | guess Jim Ken
bricks little girl here won't want
for anything if | can prevent
it,


Then, turning again toithe child
whose bright eyes were wide
open now, the engineer said to
her:


I'll take you home with me
when we get up to Wayne. MY
wife will fix you up, and Wen
write and find out whether those
Vermont folks want you or not.
If they do, Mary or will go on
with you. But, if they don't care
much alb out having you, you shall
stay with US and be our little
girl, for we have none of our own.
You look very much like your
father, God bless him.!


Just then the easternstrain wills
tied, engineer Frank vanished out
of the car-door and went forward
to his engine, wiping his eyes
with his coat-sleeve, while the
C c)nductor and passengers coull
not suppress the tears this little
episode evoked during the tweA-
ty minutes stop at Aliens juno
ton.
Year: 1876

The sharpest young thief in
New York at present is Master
John Castillo. John is nine
years old and three feet high
When he was placed on the stand
and charged with stealing q horse
& wagon lie coolly asked the Off
Ger for a chew Of tobacco. That
boy will be Democratic candi-
date vet.
Year: 1876

They said they were men going
around melting the colored men
not to do it, and they had them
spotted. That struck pretty near
me. Colored people told me that
they had TO join Democratic elsbs
to save their lives. The election
in Ouachita parish was certainly
not Q fair, aud peaceable election.
Year: 1876

The action Of the Board of Public Ed.
ucation may necessitate the increase of
the school tdses by the City Council from
one per cent. to one and quarter or one
and third per cent. on the rental value
Of property and on the head tax.


The Board fears to undertake to re-
duce the expenses OF the schools, although
the gentlemen composing it know there
has been a reduction in almost everything
within the past five or six years.


The average yearly cost per scholar
used to be about six dollars, now it is
from 50 to $l4. The ratio of increase if
kept up few years will break down the
schools. The Board should fix lower
standard Of salaries and let those who dc
not wish TO perform the duties within
the rate, resign and make room for hun.
dreds equally as competent and faithful
The schools are expected TO eqrdi-e III,
people, not to make class distinction.
Year: 1876

The most laushable occurrence of the
debate in the House yesterday was the
response to Garfeld's exclamation in re-
ply to Hills declaration that he wished
to have all old animosities buried. The
Ohioan struck an attitude and said, So
do l but who is responsible for bringing
them up here ?" and the answer came
from all quarters of the hall, Blaine"
The effect was perfectly ludicrous.
Year: 1876

THE Supreme Court of the United
States has struck hard blow at the
usury laws Of some Of the States. by de-
Gliding, through an opinion Of Justice
swayne, that the State law Of penalty
does not apply to the National Banks.
The National Bank act provides that the
lawful rate OF interest shall be that OF the
State wherein the bank is situated, or, in
the absence Of State law, Z per cent; that
1t may be taken in advance, that the &c
ceptance Of q higher rate works the for
feiture OF the whole interest, and that, If
a higher rate has been paid, twice the
amount SO paid may be recovered. The
attempt to apply the New York penalty
for the forfeiture OF the whole debt has
broken down completely, and the Finan-
eial Chronicle iorsees the general abandon
ment in all the States OF any severer
usury law than that Of the national bank
act. What will do for the 1000 national
banks will do for the 1000 State and pri-
vate banks, 1t thinks. Ef.
Year: 1876

THE Bellaire Street Railway Company
areplaciug n mortgage on their line for
$4,000, to pay off arrearages caused by
failure OF subscribers to pay up their
stock subscriptions The company do
this in preference to issuing new stock.
When their present loan is paid off their
capital stock will be all the better for the
cartaiment, and some OF these times will
probably be good thing to have in the
house on rainy day.