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The menagerie gathers 'round: And ^Ksop in dismay Resolves to buy the modern book. And throws his own away. *1 '•S;irsv"riorr:itr."ar^si^-i""'- i —1 .^'■ ^ TON, Publisher, : Washington. L J tl ll f flcttf, not jpablcjBi. THK WOKI.l) /'.//Wrr //;,• Ktumy of Mankind may he Inistal to attoiid to hh particular l>,isin.'ss of stir, tin}; up strif: It ther.foro .wks to promote pe.ur on ,arlh and ,;'<'<)(/ win (iiiioui; good men. THK WOULD /v//.7v,( that nu-n the Moon has two sides. It therefore gives roery honest man credit for supposing himself to he right, no matter hmu wnmg it may holt! him to he. THE WOKI.D helinrs that sufficient unto each day me the .fils thereof It therefore considers it quite unnecessary to embitter existence to-day by fighting crrcr the fights of yesterday: * THE WORLD belicTes there -was some sense in the old superstition according to which every dafs fortune was colored by the first objects seen in the morning. It therefore thinks that to lay on a man's breakfast table a sheet full of unclean things, angry words, personal .uptab. bics and political spites, is about as likely a way of pro- pitiating his good will as to put spiders into his coffee. As a mere matter of business, therefore, THE WORLD endeavors to be fair to its opponents in politics, candid in its discussion of public questions, fust to all men-oUtfirp I^oriescmmi. 4 N Honest Farmer had served in the Legislature, A had carefully tended a Young and Beautiful Palm- Tree. by which he set much Store; hence, when he saw a Solitary Horseman approach and prepare to fasten h,s Courser to his beloved Tree, he rushed forth .ul ex- claimed earnestly, "Horseman, spare that Tree T.s not a Hitching-Post." But the Horseman rephed severely ..It is well known that you have a Hitching-Palm and proceeded to attach his Steed to the Tree. Struck wUh L Justice of this Rema,:k, the Honest Farmer at once telegraphed to the Associated Press that Sah.b Tweed s Evidence, so far as it related to him, was absolutely false. . Moral.-K Bad Name is Stickier than Omtment. €l)c llion flitti tljc f nj^uramc 511gent. A N Insurance Agent happening to meet a Lion, asked A lnn> if he would insure his Life. "No." -ponded 1 Monarch of the Forest with a resoundn^g Roar, nor your." Thus saying he tore the unhappy Man to p.ece Td fed on his damaged Cheek and other more penetrable 't:LThere is such a Thing as being instant out of Season. '■^S^jA^*»»-- ^^W^^^WWffi^^^Pi ilure, 'al in- law a 1 his il ex- s not ■erely, " and L with once .veed's alutely jent. n, asked sponded ir, "nor 3 pieces, metrable it out of — Out of The World. Cl^c ^[nmitimg CamcL As several Arabs were sitting in tlieir Tent upon a rude Autumnal clay, a Camel, who had left his Um- brella at Home, humbly craved Permis- sion to shelter his Nose in the Interior. The Children of the Desert, moved with Compassion, would have admitted the thin End of the Camel, had not one of their Number (whose Motto was ever "Up and 15edouin"), with the Cry, " I know what a Mother-in-Law is Myself! " remonstrated with the Dromedary through the Medium of a Tent-peg and compelled it to seek Shelter elsewhere. Moral. — Ce ri'est que la premiire Ma qui C,'.i»ilM ' i^^ ■imP* lO — Fables- €l)e iHitJal %t^t$> A GRIZZLY Bear fresh from the Wilds of California happened to form an acquaintance with the Great Bear. who. pointing to a Pacific Pool. said. « l^t us go into that Pool together, and when the Bulls come down to take a Horn we will Stock it to them." " Agreed." said the Grizzly, "but," he added with Keen distrust, "will you be faithful to your Contract ? " "I will be as good as Gould." answered the Great Bear; "besides, you have your savrng Claws, and can keep Watch and Ward." They according y ,vent down into the Pool, the Waters of which were short ly afterwards troubled, and the Great Bear, feeling h.mself going down, unloaded upon the California Grizzly, who sank to rise once more. ^<,ra/.-All's not Gould that Glitters. Clje ^cottaiStinating 25rofeer. A PROCRASTINATING Broker met a rich but simple A Capitalist who was going down to Wall street w.th a bag of Gold. "To-morrow," he said to himself. "I will unload some Pacific Mail on that Snoozer." But. lo! when the morrow came, he found that the CapiUlist had gone short on Union Pacific the night before and lost his Pile ! .W.n,/.-Never put off till To-morrow the Man you can do To-day. ^igfKsraSi Out of The World. — II ilifornia e Great us go down to said the you be Gould," r saving lordingly e shortly himself zly, who but simple itreet with mself, "I ' But, lo! litalist had ; and lost in you can ^oa €oni$trtttoc. A S a Venerable 15oa Constrictor was about to narrate some Reminiscen- ces of his Youth, a pert young Chim- panzee remarked, that " Snake Stories were an awful Boa," whereupon the Serpent did him in his Tail enfold, saying that even Monkeys had their Place in the Kconomy of Nature. Moral. — Yo\i should never sass a Person who has the Age on you. ■>is^ ' ' j;&ijejfe;iM i fes*. ' ii«ij » U!i ' iti g i i!i ij|m 13 — Fables — W^t anfortiuwtc €lcp|)aitt. 4 N Elephant had been endeavoring to rive the Bole A of a knotted Oak with his Trunk, but the Free closed upon that member, detaining it, and causing the hapless EUphas Afr.canus intense Pain. He shook the Forest with his Trumpeting, and all the Beasts gathered around him. "Ah. ha. my friend," said a pert Ch.mpan- ,ee, "you have got your Trunk checked, I see. My children," said a temperate Camel to her young, "let thw awful Example teach you to shun the Bole." " Does U hurt much!" said a compassionate Gnu; "Ah, .t does; it does; it must; I gnu it; I have been a Mother my- self." And while they were sympathising with h.m the unfortunate Elephant expired in great Agony. ^/<;,„/.-The Moral of the above is so plain as to need Explanation. Talk is Cheap. €^c Coroner anb t!)e %mxm |>cel. A S a Coroner was entering a Saloon to see a Man, jf\ he beheld a careless Boy, who was eating a Ba- nana, cast the Rind of the Fruit upon the slippery stone Sidewalk, but instead of chiding the Urchin, smiled and passed on. As he was coming out of the Saloon, having satisfied his Thirst, he slipped on the Peel of the Banana, and falling, broke his Neck; so that a rival Coroner made the Fees from the Inquest. Moml.-\^ is rare Sport to see the Coroner hoist with his own Petard. I;i "'^HJii^^ft.'V^iRiffit afe»- the Bol«! the Tree ising the hook the gathered Chimpan- " " My " let this " Does it it does ; other my- i him the IS to need ee a Man, Lting a Ba- ppery stone smiled and oon, having the Banana, )roner made r hoist with Out i>/ The World*-- i; 33Dromclifltp. ATHIRS-n' Khinoceros. having to his great Joy encountcre.1 a Dro.uc-aary in the Desert of Sahara brought tl,e latter Animal of his Mercy to g.ve hnn a dThK but the Dromedary refuse.l. stating that he was highoKluidforanAavance. •• ^Vhy.•' said he t. the r:ceros.".Ud you not imitate my joretl^ughta^ ,.ude„ce.and taUe some hee.l to the ^^^^ ^ Rhinoceros acknowledged the Just.ce of the Rebuke, s! e time afterwards he met in an Casis the Dromedary. ,. . . ,1,.. Turn of the Market and was who had realued at the I urn ol t .,,,., „r l,k shorts. " For Heaven's sake, lie now try ng to cover Ins snoris. . ., „ ::;ed\o\he Khinoceros. who was wallowm .n^ Ldst of a refreshing Pool, "trust me for a N p. ^wten I was thirsty." replied the Rhinoceros, "you dedincd to stand the Drinks, but I will gne you a IW SO saying, he let the grateful sunUght tnto the Dromedary's innards. ^<„,,/._Virtue is its own Reward. Oitt of The World, '5 ■eat Joy f Sahara, ire him a he was lie to the ught and ? " The Rebuke, romedary, and was sake," he ig in the a Nip." ros, "you ive you a ht into the ^ €I)e ]^at anb tl)c Cailot. A HEN who had saved a Tailor from drowning in a marine Disaster that had cost several of his less fortunate Companions their Lives, asked him his Opinion of the Theory of Evolution. The grateful Tailor replied that he was himself an instance of the Survival of the Fittist; and the philosophical Fowl, remarking that it was vulgar to pun, walked off with much Dignity to resume her interrupted Occupation of hatching out a China nest-egg. Moral. — Some People cannot take a Joke. - ^j';^ifeWit^n*s«f3w*i**p*Mw.t*!jMi»*T. ■ l!"' i6 __ FMei — \-, Chc $>t)ilo?opUcr mtl. tftc Simpleton. \ sat down ..n . I'in ; whereon lu- .n.-le an O U r y ^ , u. A l'l.il..s..,.l.cr. ul.o l.appencl to be hold- unto Jupilcr. A 1 lu ^ ,^.^^^^ ing up a llitching-Post n. the \iumt> a!in. " I can teU you how to avoi.l h«rt.n« yourself h pie and is Taken in. \>^.i — Out :'/ Tht WorU. — CtOM. liiiiihclf, I Outcry |)C liolil- .c<\ liii"i irHclf I'y llflll uj)." ilosojihcr hctli, and aajuircd whom he uploymcnt Nigger in i for Sam- C|)c €Ujo Curfteiijflf. A N |[()iii>st rarnicr (inc.' led his Iwd 'I'lirkcys Inin l\ liis Cniiary aii.j t.ild tlnMii to cat, drlnit niid Ik merry. One of these 'lurkeys was wise and (ine foolish. I'hc foolisli iiird at once indulged excessively In the I'leas- urcK of the .Stahic, unsuspicious lcs K FAMlSlli:i) Nighlingalc, who had been singing to A very Thin Houses chanced to encounter a Glow- in:, at Kventide and prepared to n^aUe upon hinj a ht Kepast. The unfortunate I.an.pyri. Splcnd. u be ou-dU L Song^ter, in tl,e sacred Na.ne of Art, not to 71k his Vital SparU.and appealed to his Ma,nan,n.ty. ..The Nightingale who needlessly sets Claw upon a ., - lu. said "is a Being whom it were gross n:"'terrat;cinia Philomela." The Bird. W :: led a deaf ..a,, to these Appeals and^^ Zd':^lXaiedofanietofClow-w.ms;-and while the Nightingale (who was by no means a bad Bud at Stomach) was considenng these ProposU.ons esc ped. hanging out false Lights to baffle his Enemy's Pursu.t i,.!/.-Let the Dead Past bury its Dead; Act, act m the Living Present. — Oui of T/ie World. ■ - «9 ..->'.>-:■, c f flmisStjeti 1(1 been singing to encounter a Glow- make upon liim a tnpyris Splendidula Jamc of Art, not to Lo liis Magnanimity. ;cl!i Claw upon a ,vliom it were gross ." The Bird, liow- pcals and was about orm cried out, " Be- rn ; remember how if Glow-worms," and no means a bad Bird Propositions, escaped, i Enemy's Pursuit. its Dead ; Act, act in \^ //" €l^c ^ocratic €l^impnn5cc nitb ACIIIMl'ANZEi; who had long viewed with Envy the ropr.larity of a Shallow but Pretentious Baboon, asked Iiim to account for the presence of the Milk in the Cocoa-nut. The Baboon replied that his Questioner believed in the Darwinian 'llieory that Mon- keys degenerated into Men ; an answer which so delighted the Spectators that they tore the Chimpanzee into Pieces, while the Baboon's work on the Conflict of Science and Ortho- doxy attained a Hundredth Edition. MoraL—A Hard Question turneth away Argument. t^l/m. J^ t. It .1 1 i i iv i Vi i f ],< i iii ri i j fcM ; ^ :Y; i i tv'i,. ii #^ . M,i^ i j. > -.; i ri i ,-i; i ,. , i .t i . 4 : I'l » it Jii.i ao — /l/^/*-* — €i)c 4tcntipclic ant> ttjc 55atbaric f flfe. WHILE a Centipede was painfully toiling over the Libyan Desert he was encountered by a barbaric Yak, who scornfully asked him how were his poor Feet. The' humble Creature made no reply at the time, but some days later found the barbaric Yak taken in the nets of the Hunter an.l almost devoured by Insects, which fled at the approach of the Centi,K-de. " Help, help, my good friend!" exclaimed the unfortunate Beast. "1 cannot ^ove a muscle in these cruel Toils, an.l the ravenous Insects have devoured my delicate Flesh." "Say you so?" responded the Centii>ede. "Can you really not de- fend yourself ? " "Alas! how can I?" replied the Yak. ..See you not how straitly 1 am bound?" "And is your Flesh then so delicate?" "It is, though I say U who should not." "Then," said the Centipede, "1 guess T 11 take a bite myself." Aforal.-The other man's Extremity is often our Op- portunity. M %*■ t filfe. over the a barbaric loor Feet. time, but n the nets which flcil , my good " 1 cannot L> ravenous "Say you illy not de- (1 the Yak. " And is gh I say it e, "I guess ;n our Op- — Ouf of The World. — €iic aain iill^tnocero^. A RHINOCEROS who was drink- •^*- ing at a limpid .Stream, ob- served therein the reflected image of his Hon. and Legs. "Alas!" quoth he, "that an animal with such mas- sive Legs should be disfigured by so insignificant a Horn!" At this mo- ment his meditations were interrupted by the liaying of a Tack of Hounds. Away he fled, but his Legs refused to convey him with sufficient Sjieed, and turning round as the baying Pack gained on him, he disseminated crude .Sausage Meat and Driving Gloves over that section of the Continent. " I see," he cried, as he exalted the last Hound into the sp.icious I'"ii-mament on high, "that the Legs I admired would have proved my Ruin, had not my despised Horn insured my Safety," Moral. — Some People don't know wliat's good for Them. 21 ff" aa — Fnbles — i:::i I, '111 «Cl)C SDromcliariJ anb tl)c 25arb. AN innumerable Caravan whose Supply of Water had become exhausted, was haUed in the Desert, when a Barb apiiroached a Dromedary and besought him to set them up. This, however, the selfish Animal refused to do, amrming that he had no Surplus over Home Con- sumption. " Water," said he, laughing in the conscious- ness of his Wealth, " pure Water, bright Water for me. What would you not give if you had, like me, a Throat seven feet long to feci it trickling down, and three Stom- achs to enable you to deprive two other Beasts of their Share ! " The Conversation was here interrupted by the appearance of their Master, who, being also parched with Thirst, drew his Scimitar .ind killed the Dromedary, then . opening his three Stomachs, shared their refreshing Con- lents with the Barb. Moral.— lie l.aughs Best Who laughs last. — OiU of The WorU. — €^c l^imwiic Countrpman nnti x\t 5Cbbcr. AN Humane C-oiinlryman, while dioppin- I'-a-gols 111 a Wood, discovered an luifortunale Adder, chilled and apparently lifeless. Movc.I with Compas' Mon, he placed the miserable Reptile in his Uosom and carried it home to his Cottage, where the grateful Warmlh of (he l-irc soon revived it. But the Adder had no sooner regained Consciousness than it stung fatally the Countryman's Mother-in-law and Wife, and was about to kill his yellow Dog, when, crying " Softly, Softly, now ! " he seized a Club and destroyed it. .1/yra/.— Thus we sec that we may have Too Much of a Good Thing. '.-.-•:;»-j„-.«iij«i.aiii4i^,i^:^- ^ H — Fables — -;llt!f Cljc Ciirhcp anti tftc 2&car. AUKAR liaving observed a Turkey on the opposite side of the Barn-Yard Fence, growled angrily to the trembling Bird, " I have an Impression that it would require ICvidence to remove that you are addicted to the use of Bear's-Grease to promote the growth of your Hair, and to gratify your Lusts compassed the foul Murder of my maternal Orandfather thirty-five Years ago." " I cry your mercy," replied the timid Fowl, " but I am wholly destitute of Hair; besides, at the time of your lamented Relative's Death I was not hatched." " Well," roared the aggravated Bruin, " how dare you trespass upon my Estate, and entertain Intentions of Territorial Aggran- dizement ? " " Alack, good Czar," replied the unhappy Bird, " how can that be, when the Barn-Yard Fence stands between you and me ? " " That makes no difference," cried the I'lantigraile of all the Russias ; " I am compelled to interfere for the Protection of your unhappy ("hristian subjects," and, crossing the l''ence in force, he proceeded to occupy the Turkey as a material guarantee, .^or/j/.— Where There's a Will There's a Way. ^Ui .• opposite angrily to I it would ted to the your Hair, Murder of " " I cry am wholly r lamented roared the upon my il Aggran- i! unhappy ence stands difference," I compelled y ("hristian ; proceeded ay. — Out of The World. — »s \A tf^e %nt, A FRIVOLOUS Grasshopper, hav- ■^*- ing spent the Summer in Mirth and Revelry, went on the Ap])roach of the inclement Winter to the Ant, and implored it of its charity to stake him. "You had better go to your Uncle," replied the prudent Ant; "had you im- itated my Forethought and deposited your Funds in a Savings Bank you would not now be compelled to regard your Duster in the light of an Ulster." Thus saying, the virtuous Ant retired, and read in the Papers next morning that the Savings Bank where he had deposited his Funds had susixinded. Moral.— Dum Vivimus, Vivamus. ^^X \ ■^::^ . »\ .', >A>i(r.r/.v,r^. Also.—\\ 1 knows no Fury like a I-ovcr Scorned.— /!//•. Beach. 1 1 t lu — Fables — II ANKWSHOY was pasHing along the Street, wlun lie chanced to discover a Purse of Greenbacks. Ik- was nt first indined to conceal it, l)Ut, repelling the uii worthy Suggestion, he asked a Venerable Man if it was his'n. The Venerable Man looked at it hurriedly, said it was, patted him on the Head, gave him a Quarter, and said he would yet be rrcsident. I'hc Venerable Man then hastened away, but was arrested for having Counterfeit Bills in his possession, while ilu' honest Newsboy played penny-ante with bis humble Quarter and ran it up to $2.62. J/ora/.— Honesty is Sometimes the Uest Policy. wlii'i) lie icks. Ho g the uii- if it was 11), said it lartcr, niul Man tlien Ilounlcrfeit )oy played it up to — Out of Th,- W pick your r delightful would that ^er thought a Fragment (I faithfully ' to make ^ — Out 0/ The Uor/J. 45 46 — Fables A SALAMANDER, who hoped to strike Oil, went to the brink of the Ocean during a Shower and earnestly implored a Whale to come in out of the Wet. "Thanks," replied the courteous Cetacean, "but I should feel entirely out of my Element in your Society." jWbra/.— The Above teaches us the Propriety of being contented with our Lot. t to and Wet. lould leing r Out of The IVotU. 47 % li, t fc 1 48 — Fables — crjc )BDo0 anb tfje J^rjaboto. A DOG, while passing over a Plank to obtain a coveted Piece of Meat, was accosted by another Dog, who said, with every Affectation of Interest, " Why should you devote your Attention to this, when in the Stream below there is another Joint twice as large, that can easily be organized in your Interest ? " The first Dog, perceiving the Reflection of the coveted Prize in the Stream, jumped in after it, and while he was struggling with the Current, his Companion quietly walked away with the dainty Morsel. Moral.— k Senatorship in the Hand is better than two Speakerships in the Bush. ■eted who you slow Y be ving »ped rent, rsel. two — Out II I 'I 'III- ll'iirii/. 49 so IhlhUi P W^t Uion anti tijc for. 1 l-IO.V who wanted iiis Mials broiiylil Id liis Koom i\_ wilhoul their lu'iiig diar^.d as Kxtra^, invited tlic Beasts to call upon him. The I'ox came in his Turn. "Come in," cried the Monarch of the I'lains to the Fox, who remained at a respectfid Distance. ' I thank you humbly," replied the Fox, "but while I observe many Footprints leading towards your Den none return from it." "I'shaw!" answered the l.ion, "that is easily explained. My good friends were anxious to furni.sh nic with edify- ing Literature, and when they went away they left their Tracts." "Alas! I have none with me, but will speedily make Tracks," answered M.isler Reynard, and he van- ished in the Distance. il/(3;a/.— Most Accidents can be Avoided by Presence of Mind and Absence of Body. — Out of Ihf W'otU. S' t I* 53 — Fables AVILLAGKR one frosty day found under a Hedge a Snake almost dead with cold. Moved with com- passion ai\d having heard that Snake Oil was good for the Rheumatiz, he look it hon and placed it on the Hearth, where it shortly began to wake and crawl. Mean- while, the Villager having gone out to keep an Engage- ment with a Man 'round the Corner, the Villager's Son (who had not drawn a sober Breath for a Week) entered and, beholding tlie Serpent unfolding its plain, unvarnished Tail, with the cry, "I've got 'em again!" fled to the office of the nearest Justice of the Peace, swore off and became an Apostle of Temperance at $700 a week. The beneficent Snake next bit the Villager's Mother-in-law so severely that Death soon ended her sufferings — and his ; then silently stole away, leaving the Villager deeply and doubly in its Debt. Moral. — A Virtuous Action is not always its only Re- ward. A Snake in the Grass is Worth two in the Boot. N. B, During i8j8 The World will publish a srries of new and original Fables. Hedge th com- ood for on the Mean- Engage- :r's Son entered wnished to the off and k. The :r-in-Iaw js — and r deeply mly Re- le Boot. srries of €\)t SHaoiitr. " We call The WoRi.n a bold .and able journal. 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Advertisements will be charged ss. for six lines and under, and 9rf. for every additional line, or at the rate of^^ia lar. per page. The Week will be sent to any address in the United States for;^i lof. 6rf. yearly, xss. y. half-yearly, v- 8rf. quarterly. €\)t iEMorltr. I'KOSIM'A I'US. Thf issue of the rrcsiilcmi.il clcclidii •<( 1876 ■ipcisccl upon Tiii'. Worn n, lis w/on the wlioiu 1 IcimiiT.ilic p.iriy, peculiar iiiiil imprcccd' iilcii rc>piiiisil)illiit - It bcciiinc iictcssiiry for ;ill p.iiri.Jiic aiul i.ileliiKciit Ucimocmn, nfn r tin; iIcImo:! of llh I'rcsiilcnlial cimlcsi by the l.lw Mrj| Coniiiiissiiii), to choose hulwiii. a tliililish iiiul ii-.i.1csh protest ii«;ihisl the results of nil niljitr.ilinn ur(;eil liy the leaicfs of llitir own party, luiil n iiKinly mici inauiKUuniousiiei;uiescLnce in those results 'I'hc l.uier course Rcemcil to 'I'lilt Whkih to be dict.iied at oiiee by sminil prineip e nnil by Rouml policy. 'Ihu I'resitleiit ttho Wiis decl.ueil dected by the Electoral Co iimissiou, ti|ioM his iiiauKuralion declared bis intention of carryinuiiuo elfcet two preat iirini iples of poliiy, both of thein cs«:iitially Democratic in their orii;iii, both of them .mlispeiisable to the welfare and the prospeiity of the Uui.pn— j'lsliLC to the Stales at llie S.iudi, and a thorough reform in the civil Bcrviee of the nation. 'I'lii'. W ut.i) proinplly and cmphatic.illy pledKcd itself to a candid and impartial suppor' ..,'cvery Bteii t.iken by the new AdminLslnition, in nood faith, to carry out this declaration of the I'resideiit, and c illed upon all t;ood citizens of the Democratic party to u.iiie with it in this plulRC-. ■J11R()U(;H()UT THK I.KADINti DEMOCRATIC SIATKS OK Till: UNION, AND E.SPKCIAI.LY IN THE STATE OF N1.\V YORK, THIS COl'KSi;, RECOMMENDKI) UY The ItorM, HAS UEEN DEl.lHERATEI.V AN1> SUCCESSFUl.I.V ADOPTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC I'ARTY. It has t;ivcn to the best representatives of that party an nulhorily and an influence not enjoyed by them before since the outbreak of the late civil war. It has broUijhtflie gre.il States of the South b.iek into a cordial union of hearts and of hands with their sister States of the North, the Ea.st and the West. It h..» driven the worst elements of both political parties into an unholy alliance based upon secuonal hate and poliucal corruption, and it opens to the National DemoeraUc party, if wisely coun- seled and firmly led, a new and t;loriotis career of national usefulness. The Woki.i> reijanls the recent victories of the party with which it by preference acts, not as mere partis.m triumphs gained by partisim contriv.inces, but as the unmistakable expression ol'a deep and genuine popular demand for new methods in government, for a thorough purification of the public service and fi)r a rectification of the aims of our party organizations. ll'/t,-r,vcr and whenever the DemoeraUc ptirty prmes itself loyal to this >,....., ,,ulu-rever and whenever it las reso- •e/y otfose anddeiwume it. /« a word, JUJi iVUKl.uPcuezKS iiit Democratic parly to exist for Vie good ofthf public service. It does not believe the public service toexist/or the good of the Demm ralic parly. In its treatment of all other subjects, soci.-!!, financial, juilicial and religious, TiiK Wiim.D will be governed by the same principles oj jusuce and of fidelity to its own best standards, by which it aims to regulate its political course. // will do wrong willingly to no titan, no creed, no interest and no party. It will never hesitate to defend the helpless who may suffer injustice or to assail the powerful who may perpetrate it. , • 1 ii Nor will it forget meanwhile the legitimate desire of its readers to lie entertained as well .IS instructed by the daily record it presents to tlicm of the times in which we live. While it will treat all subjects of importance earnestly and with resjicct, it will seek to "catch the manners living as they rise" of our own and other lands, and to make itself an agreeaUt companion as well as a faithful guide and teacher. 10 organizations. Wherever anawnenevertne uemocraiw yiiny y,^.,,^^ t^^.v ..y... popular demand THE U'OR LP will resolutely uphold it: wherever andwhen falls sltort of or attempts to counteract this popular demand THE WORLD will a lutely oppose and denounce it. In a word, THE WORLD tcllet'cs tlie Democratit fe^. .[), iia w,'on the ccainu nctcsmiry iiilial cmitcsl liy lest iij;aiiist the (1 n iiKinly niicl lo Tint \ViiHi.ii u l'ri;Mdciit wlm ion tlcclarcd liis tlicin citiitially d thr pruspcrily 'nrm in the civil lined iisclf to n >n, in niiud faith, citizL-n» (if the UK LKADINti l.LY IN THK y The UorUI, TED BY THK )f that party an of the late civil on of hearts nnil It has driven the >n sectional hale , if wisely coun- f preference ncls, the unmistakable [ovcmmcnt, for a limn of our parly ilsd/loyaUothis and luJti never it 'iLD nvillai reso- Democrttfic fnr/y ervkttpexist/or ;, social, financiul, lies ot j ustice and ilitical course. // ty. It will never mwetfiil who may ;ntertaiiied as well h wc live. While ,eck to "catch the tself an agrreatU COf 4>cU) iJorU IDorld for 1S78 win. UK IHlMl 1,1 111; till. ( IIKAfKsl ANIJ IIK-.I NKWS- I'Al'IK l'll|!|.ISIll',ll IN I UK INIIKI) MAIKn. The h-eiierul verdict of the pr.'^s ,„,d il,e ,,ui.li.i u,>un our efTirls durinit tlie p.iM >e ,r e„enu,a«c, u.s I i helievc ih.it ,i„r r.-.idef-, will take ihi, n ,. ise a, a .u!,s,aMl,.,l e,,n,,i ,.f, lie work which we niean to do Sg he yeartoc^'M,^ ' "" ^^ ""' " »i" I'y I'ef ire its ruade.^: """"B tne 1. The New* of Iho Uaynlnll ki.„ls.,nd iV .m .dl.nuners bv mail a„a l.y I. leKrapli . ,o,lully .„„deM„d ai,-l , ic.irly ari.in^ . omoi z^^:: "• "" "-^•'' ''"-^'>- '-=-'' ^•"■-"'. 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The World will therefore give to the siibjec's which, as interesting men as social beings, equiilly interest women, tne same degr;e of careful consideration which it gives to the politi- cal and commercial interests which engage the attention only of men. The worlds of Society, of l.iTKRATUKr. and of .\rt, it deems not less within the province of a public newspaper than the circles of politics and of trade, and it esteems the topics which its readers discuss at their homes, at least as important as those which occupy them in their places of business. ^ilmait'r*'' of ".-"n!a!!ssaH»OTS3:^)«g!e5Sfa36ssa