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Year: 1876

THERE is no Democrat in the Depart
ments whose dismissal will lnjure the pub
lie service. Some people seem to think
that the world would cease II. move, the
sun refuse to shine and water run up hill if
some of the Democratic officers and clerks
in the Departments were dismissed. Don't
be afraid, gentlemen, we will insure that
no convulsion of nature or confusion of
business will follow if every Democrat in
Office should 90 out.
Year: 1876

ELSEWHERE we print communication
refuting the charge of Chaplain Harper that
Governor Hayes appropriated to his own
use S40O of deserter's money during the
war. Harper is called upon to explain what
became of the several watches with which
he was intrusted at the same time.
Year: 1876

WE incline to the opinion that if the
District Commissioners are compelled to
discharge half the working. force Of their
clerks and employees, it would be well to
commence with the Democrats, particu-
larly those who openly declare they are
Democrats and "never have nor never will
vote for Radical
Year: 1876

TIE New York World and Sun are so
crowded with other matters that they have
no space for Tilden's denial and proof that
he did not commit perjury and swindle the
Government out of the income tax he
Year: 1876

In his last letter from Germany to
the Hartford Courant, Charles Dudley
Warner thus relates his experience at
hotel i'll Wittenberg l had sup
posed that the beds, which Tom Hood
seemed to caricature, but only de-
scribed, had been exchanged for
something more in accordance with
the needs of the modern traveller.
But tiud that North Germany ad-
heres to its down. Even in the city
of Berlin, at one of the best hotels,
the beds were relic OF the barbar-
Gus social period out of which the
Germans are slowly and with re-
luctance emerging. l found my bed
at Wittenberg to consist of a mattress
with one sheet spread on 1t. and on
top Of that short, fat down bed.
Previous experience of the like told
me that, with this sort OF bed, sever
al things would happen in the night
the bed would not cover my feet !;
it would not cover my shoulders it
would become intolersbly hot ii l
could curl under it, and it could not
by any skill of mine be long kept on.
In order to keep this incumbrance in
place you must lie awake all night.
Accordingly L summoned the waiter,
the waiter called the chambermaid. /
told them shat, if l could have no
other cover, must at least have an
other sheet, 80 that my feet might not
be left naked aud defenseless in the
world. They consulted and finally
came to conclusion. When l re-
turned [ found that the sheet had
been taken of and another one put
on, which the maid explained was
longer than the other; otherwise the
situation wac unchanged. insisted
that 1 desired TWO sheets, in order to
have one over me. This was too much
for the experience of the chamber
maid, who exclaimed, "What two
sheets! Mein Gott?" "Yes," l said
1.-TWO sheets, one above the other" !"
With great reluctance my order was
executed, but they were tucked i'll
together in a manner to show that
their strange use was not compre-
hended and have no doubt am
talked Of at that inn AS the eccentric
stranger who desired to sleep on two
sheets
Year: 1876

Keep the heart young--never mind q gray hair
hopeful and glad. let the old frame decay
Who csres for the shell when the jewels away?
Keep the heart young with full trust IN God s


might 4" '
To anchor you safely. but follow the right;
Keep the heart young and be merry and gay,
Give care to the winds and be jolly alway.
Keep the heart young and be tender and true,
As loving TO others as they are to you;
Keep the heart young and don't fly In rage,
Ii any one mentions your mellow old age.
Keep the heart Young and let old time appear,
He'll glide ON SO gently you'n scarce feel him


rear; We
A friend-and no foe-bringing peace and de-


light;


But keep the heart young and you'll always be


ritrhf
Year: 1876

qcih the gloss and freshness of yo,th.
Thin hair is thickened, falling hair
checked, and badness often, though
not always, cured by its use. Moth
ing can restore the hair where the
follicles are destroyed, or the glands
atrophied and decayed. But such as
remain can be saved for usefulness
by this application. Instead of foul
ing the hair with pasty sediment, it
will keep it clean and vigorous. Its
occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling of, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances
which make some preparations dan
gerous, and injurious to the hair, the
Vigor can only benefit but not harm
it. If wanted merely for
Year: 1876

The wedding presents Of Nellie
Grant were exhibited in London to
u select circle soon after her arrival
in England, and folks were sur
prised at the quantity given her, It
is not customary there to choose
silver for wodding gifts. it being
gcnoraIly supposed that all well to


90 families have enough silver M
heir-looms, or have purchased
enough to answer every purpose


The question was more than once
asked of those who had the pre-
sents on exhibition "Why did
they give her 10 much silver? Did
her friends think the family into
which she had married had none"
Year: 1876

The national executive committee
iof the Union League met at Phila-
.slelphia on Friday last. The secre
tArys report states that there is n
United movement to abandon sccre
ey, and he claims that this new
departure meets universal approval
IN the South and West.
Year: 1876

WHAT fortunate thing it would have
been for the Argus and candidate Talbot if
he had been deprived of his rattle as well as
bis fangs in 1866. He couldn't have made
that remark about not giving cent to pay
the expense of a Black Republican war which
resulted so differently from what he predicted
and desired.
Year: 1876

DEMOCRATIC papers in the East ask us to
believe that the soft-money Democrats of the
West, the men who have been clamoring for,
initiation and reputation for years, are united
in favor of the repeal of the resumption act
because that act hinders return to spe.
eIe payments! This is taxing credulity
too heavily. If the friends of rag-money
really believed the act of 1875 hindrance to
resumption they would eagerly support it.
Year: 1876

ord as friends of the people, we shall enter
the coming contest with new inspiration.
and hight the fight of faith with greater earn.
estness than we have ever done before. Our
armor is on, and we are ready" The party
appears to be harmonious and united, but it
marches under the standard of the rag.babv.
Year: 1876

1t is stated that the meeting of the New
York Democratic State Committee at Sara
toga has developed the fact that strong feel
ing exists in the party antagonistic to Mr.
Tilden. The letter Of acceptance seems to
be received with manifest chill, and the
prevalent sentiment is that it is failure as a
campaign document. A good many also are
inclined to ask, eff this is a great reform
campaign, why is party manipulation SO prev
alent and the party machine grinding so
fpaO'3
Year: 1876

we do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily publication
but as guaranty CT good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve comton,
nicatons that are not used.
Year: 1876

To the Editor of The Tribune.


SIR: spent day in the Agricultural Build
ing at the Centennial Fair and from three to four hours
Of the day In and out Of the judges room They were
this day testing articles OF food and and several
perts witnesses Of their manner Of doing IT, On
leaving the room and comparing notes, found our
selves all Of mind, and that was that they could not
arrive ut any just conclusion TO the qualities or CON-
paratve merits, for the that proper compa
son was made between the articles in competition


In this instance they, at IL a. commenced the ex-
animation of about Is samples Of very paatabe article
Of diet One vessel opened and about eaten for
1t was about lunch time and tasted good The waiter
then directed to remOyeh 1t and bring another which
went through like operation, and SO on I'll dinner time
After dining they again begun and finished mp as before
It noticeable that each vessel IL opened pre-
sened contents that less and less relshabe and
especially after dinner when some OF them had prob
ably good taste. As each sample tested the judges
made In their separate books some mark for future
reference whole day wasted in this way. An
expert would have passed correct Judgment upon the
whole lot in half hour and he would have done IL by
opening the whole lot Of aud placing them side by
side judging first their appearances then their
qualities In this the first sample VIII prObably
take the medal, the second a diploma, and the third
nothing. . .. ...s g. H. p.


Netp-fork, Aug. 5, 1876. L ..U oas
Year: 1876

steam whistles, let for myFen and in behalf Of fe
lowsuferefs ask your influence In suppressing kin
dred one in the church tower on the corner shrek
win at coup from religious sentimentasts that am
hereto and all that There has been much written
about the Sabbath BELLS and there was time In the city
when the sound at stated hours was necessity In the
country where space Is free, tue sound permeates It,
and with pleasing effect In the city, where most per-
sons wear watches where street clocks abound where
almost every has timepiece, and where, on the
Sabbath the instincts Of churohgoers cause them to an
tcpate the hour OF service there is justification for
the discordant sound arring to weakened nervous
conditions resulting from sickness from the prostraton
of Summer heat, from the unendng round OF daily toll


The writer 10 bran-worker and the Sabbath L. made


day OF rest, its name implies. The morning may
dawn fair and peaceful and the mind be In harmony
with the day, and oil is shattered by the slri cang
clang OF the church bells which toll for Sunday
and church service in the morning for the evening and
for the weekly meetings IL Is terrible to strained
nerves, and from my point Of view, for the reasons
given, unnecessary thing. In q sense the Golden
Rule in Its spirit is violated ny its professors For the
aged the sick the weary-mnded, and IN these days Of
bitter yicssitude the latter class large one plead
that potent influence may be used to limit the use
of the bell 10 the tOlling Of the hours DOUGLAS.


Ne,c- York, Aug. 20, 1876. '...... ... ss -
Year: 1876

The motto for the week on a little girls
school card was, Get thee behind me, Satan
There were In the garden but she was Ie
hidden N pluck them. Pluck then she did p" why
didn't YOU asked mother when you were tempted
20 touch them, say, Get thee behind me, satahf
aid" she said earnestly and he got behind me, ana
pushed me into the bush"I 5000 ....r .....f y .r..
Year: 1876

FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS IN ANSWER TO THE


APPEAL IN THE TRIBUNE OF AUG. 19
To the EDITOR OF The Trs6URe.
, SIR: Since yesterdays acknowledgment L
have received the following sums in response to my letter
in THE TRIBUNE Aug 10 in relation TO the poor OF the
Year: 1876

who are still not convinced, and talk fondly
of New York city as if it were a simple New
England town where the deacons and the
minister and the ''fore-hand men" could
have things all their own way if they would
go TO the conventions and the polls. Even
if this knowledge of the changes IN the
problem wrought since the Revolution had
come sooner, the anti-slaveIy agitation
would have prevented its bearing much
fruit, so long and so thoroughly did that
agitation absorb the thought and attention
OF the class into whose hands reforms natu-
rally fall. Indeed, 1t is safe to say that it
is only within five years that the mind of
the country has been waking up - the fact
that republican institutions, like Others, do
not work of themselves, and cannot be so
constructed as to serve for all time ; and We
shall probably witness, during the next
quarter of a century, vigorous effort to re-
gain the ground we have undoubtedly lost
in all that relates to the administration of
justice, the punishment of crime, the col
lection and disbursement of taxes, the pro-
cedure of Legislation, and the protection of
property against the taxing power of persons
who have no interest in it. The proper
place of the cour try, the place which its
pretensions in measure compel it to hold
in these matters, is at the very head of the
civilized world; and if we of this genera
tion cannot clam it, let US hope our sons
and grandsons will be more furtunate.
Year: 1876

1t will be seen by the fierce letter from
Houston, in another place, that the STATES
MAN is not singular in asserting that Tom
Scott and bis employees are Haunting Rad
icalism as red rag in the face of the De-
mocracy of Texas to induce US to vote for the
new Constitution. 1t is-a sharp, shrewd
trick, but with the many details given by
our Houston correspondent it becomes too
palpable for denial that the conspiracy ex-
lists and is operative precisely as we have
again and again defined it. VIII not the
people revolt against the stupendous shamG
What influences, save those that may be
exerted by powerful corporation, having
ITS paid agents everywhere in Texas, could
beget the strange alliances and combina-
tions now operative in the politics of Tex
ssl And viii not the people everywhere
read with earnest attention the appeal made
by our correspondent in behalf of the south
ern counties of the State7 Must these be
made desolatei Must African savagery be
made dominant foreverl Must hapless cit
izens of Southern Texas be driven into ex-
lie by the assent of Central and Northern
Texas to the contract known as the Holy
Alliance, by which the fAirest districts of
the State are turned over to negro absolut-
isn't No citizen, one year hence, can be
accused of more offensive crime than that
he voted for the Constitution now proffered
the people of Texas


But read the letter from Houston.
Year: 1876

previous to the Houston Convention, So
hcit by note a personal interview with
DAVIS, and have that interview, and then
go to the Houston Conven ion without a
purposei And does any one believe for q
moment that Judge Bells course was ami
mated by desire for office9 We all know
TO the contrary. He has simply been true
TO his railroad clients. After the Radicals
IN convention completed all the work the
railroads desired them to do, denounced
the proposed Constitution and nominated
a ticket to make that denunciation effec-
tive, and Judge Bell and Mr.. Flanagan
were both possibly laughing IN their
sleeves at the complete success of their
efforts, and railroad officials quietly jubi-
liant in their private offices, then, and not
till then, did Judge Bell make a speech to
the Convention which for logic and rhet-
oric is the master effort of his life. 1t
was argumentative-but all know that
no argument was needed in that body.
In its eloquence it was powerfully infuenc-
ing, but Influence was not needed then, for
the work had been done. 1t was, in fact,
speech made after success-to be pub
lished and to go forth as evidence cumula-
tive that the railroads and Radicals had
combined to defeat the proposed COnstitu-
tion and Judge Bell expected, and the
railroads expected, that that would be suffi-
cient to arouse the majority sentiment of
Texas to the support OF the Constitution
and secure its adoption, and thereby secure
the vast benefits conferred by it to the rail-
roads. That the railroad interests of Texas
have in this matter hoodwinked Davis and
che Radical leaders is not surprising to those
who know their personal peculiarities; but
they shall not hoodwink the people of
Texas if the STATESMAN can prevent it by
exposing these schemes.


Our opposition to the proposed Constltu-
ton is upon the high ground that its opera
ton will be detrimental to the best inter
ests of Texas. A railroad lawyer, with the
AID of Rutabagaism, not Grangerism, ran
the constitutional convention in the interest
of operating railroad companies i'll Texas,
and late developments have shown that the
conspiracy commenced there has been
properly met by the forces which they
deem best fitted to secure its adoption. 1t
maybe the majority of the people of Texas
will then rue the day when they allowed
themselves to be hoodwinked into the sup
port of an infamous organic law by the
wiliest set of political tricksters that ever
lived.
Year: 1876

patriotism in 1875, Involving alone he


reproduction of the Union as it was befGe
the devil seized the helm and sent the slip
to perditiOn. Patriotism is another SAVIOR
another redeemer. We say it with all
due reverence to Him who spake as neer
man spake, and the casting out of Con-
gressional devils, next after converting
whisky into water, must be the first mirade
wrought by the party that triumphsin in 1sB.
Year: 1876

JUDGE CHAMHERs, the Radical candidate
for the Governors place, win canvass the
State, and especially western counties. BE
does not run TO secure office, since, if cleo
tcd, the new Constitution will be defeated
and the election win be void. The Judge
occupies, therefore, the queer position OF a
candidate doing everything IN his power 70
defeat himself. and in this he Is good
Judge and better man.
Year: 1876

The German census 80 far Is taken shows
an increase Of population IN almost every
part OF the empire, with the single excep-
lion Of Metz, where there has been . falling
OF Of ten thousand people since the annexa-
ton
Year: 1876

We learn that the Missouri river is
about to unite with the Nodaway
river, at Nodaway Station, in this
county. The banks of the MissoH wi
at that place have been caving in very
fast this spring, already about hum
drcd yards having fallen in, and there
is now only space of about thirty
yards between the two rivers.
Year: 1876

and first-class goods are the rule in
this great retail house, as all will find
who favor them with a call. 1t is
worth ones while to call aud see the
goods, even ifno desire to purchase
exists, and We are assured that all
visitors will receive hearty welcome,
purchase or no purchase.
Year: 1876




THOSE WHO DO NoT RESPONSIBLE FOR SUP


FRBING.


TO The Edftor or The TrfbWnc.


SlR: Your article entitled "a Dead Child,' in yes
terdays paper is, in my opinion, calculated to do
great deal of harm, and i hope that You will allow
me to point out few of the mistakes which ii seems
to me 10 contain.


You state the facts--that a poor woman was driven
from her home by her drunken husband and that
Der baby was frozen-aud you then proceed to say
that the persons who responsible for this tragedy
arc those who passed her by without helping her.
You do not suggest that the one person really re-
spousiblc is the husband Of the woman and the
father Of the child; he had home apparently, and
ho turned them out into the freezing night. The
probability is that, drunk he was, he
counted on the chance that his wife and
child wOnid receive help OF persons III
the street and had he been that no one w0uld
have succorcd Them II is doubtful whether he wOuld
have vented his anger in that way. Were such
charity as you recommend always ready for every
woman and child begging in the street at night,
there wGuld be many more turned out. not only III
drunken fury by their husbands and fathers, but for
the express purpose OF receiving aims. BNey woman
sitting bv the waysde with n baby, who rcaps IA
rich harvest from the passeTs by, is temptation TO
other women TO take 20 begging as profession and





this children are hired from their parents by street
beggars for the purpose Of exciting pity in the
charitable, aud the colder and hungrier they look
the more money they make.


Even EOw and here little children Of four aud SIX
years are sent at 1 and ~ o'clock at night TO the
doors of the theatcrs and concert halls to beg OF the
audiences as they ont, and every compassion
ate person whose heart is wrEug by the sight OF
their piteous little faces aud who gives them money
to relieve bis own feelings has only made IT more
sure that the poor little shiycring things viii be
thrust out the next night also. Had you blamed
people for not stopping TO inquire why the woman
was there aud edeavorlng 10 find shelter for her.
your article might have doncEsome good, for there
are persons who have time TO gave 70 such chafitaDc
work and who yet neglect 1t but You reprove those
who object TO "indscriminate almsgiving" ana I'M
ply that every passcr~5y who hal NJ time to spend
In really helping the woman should have given her
n few cents and in thus encouraging one oil the
causes of the poverty and begging in this city, you
do great wrong.


Inc fact is that it 10 contrary to law for any ohe
IN ber In tine streets and the police should arrest
every snch person. II they did their DUTY no one
would starye or ireeze-tbe really poor would oe
Year: 1876

This subject In which grain dealers are greatly In
tereste and ia fact all ho desire the continued com
mereial prosperity of NewYor II is generally believed
that the completion OF the new Canadian canal win d.
vert large amount Of trade and that 1t is Of the first
importance that measures he taken to insure to New
York her commercial supremacy.
Year: 1876

the receipts ut the seaboard ports dependent upon
the abundance OF the crop. statement OF the amount OF
wheat and corn raised in the United States du1ng SIX
years past Is an appropriate accompaniment to tne
Year: 1876

Those who do not own property often think that they entirely escape taxation and that the burdens fall upon the rich. The fallacy of this is forcibly shown in the fol- lowing article from the New York Graphic

 If we keep our eyes open we can find something in the bloated monarchies that may profitably be grafted on our succulsnt republican sapling during the new century. For instance, in this matter of city taxation. In New York the landlords pay the taxes. in London the tenants pay the taxes. In London the tenants personally feel the weight of Government by having 10 pay for the protection they receive; in New York they pay their rent plus taxes, all added together and called rent, and are apt to forget that the city taxes on the property are in fact included and concealed in their rent bills. The result of this is that the householders of the English metropolis are far more vigilant and sensitive to the con- duct of their public officers thaa those of this city. In London every poor man feels personally the burden of the government and so exercises bis watchfulness over public ex- penditure.

 In New York Tweed received 5000 ma jority for the State Senate after 1t had been proved that he had stolen millions of dollars. for the people who voted for him said, "Yes, but he stole it from the rich man," forget ting that, however taxes arc levied, they are always paid by the tenants. 1.-the tsxes and property in this city were assessed di- rectly to the men who pay the rent, rents would of course fall correspopdingly, and tenants would feel new interest m the question of municipal economy. Then the cry of 'hOme rule" might be something bet ter than mockery.
Year: 1876

TIE late storms in California have inter- fered. not only with the prompt arrival ofthe mails in that state, but also in Arizona where the weather has been unusually dry during the winter months. The non-arrival of tho San Francisco mails for five days at time at Los Angeles, has of course kept ours back, and on one occasion the Mo- have river was up so as to detain the Arizona mail some twenty eight hours. Everything seems to have loosened up now, however, and we may expect more regularity in the receipt of mail matter. To cap the climax, just as the mails were most irregular the telegraph wire broke down and was out of fix for sev- eral days so that we began to fear we were about to relapse into total darkness, so far as news was concerned except what was manu- factured here at home, and not even knock down occurred in the streets or saloons to re- lieve our anxiety during the whole time.