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success could possibly have efected-and, by th
way what this great probable good was to be that it
anticipation should drive half continent into an ab
so1ely drunken elirium Of ecstacy is the most prob
lematieal question of the age. This failure has laugh
the people the absurdty Of letting the eyerready en-
fhusiasm il which they are prone to indulge fly int
their heads and run away with their wits. It will
leach them that ever such another occasion should
arise ia The future to clap stopper on their predec
tion for thoorayiag' and burning powder, and moi
10 70 I'll AZ haiEcook, for such premature discharge
generally results inoyershootng or missing the mark
entirely III some way
Fortunately. NE Of this section did not make fools
81 Ourselves though doubtless We should have been
ss reasonably pleased as even the Gothames were in
the gaeeess ii The cable enterprise. Said Gothamtes
and here We come to tie text Of this paragraph
are now Id the dust and ashes of modification in.
duced BY coolly rejecting Oh the ridiculous figure
they cut in the eyes Of Christendom not long ago
We Judge Or the completeness Of this revulson this
utter aud entire snbyersion Of public sentiment, By
Harpers Weekly which ID the mirror Of popular feel
ing. and which would no more presume 10 run coun
ter to It than it would to risk its favor by espousing
dubious cause, arraying itself decidedly on the
side Of any undecided question.
a few weeks ago, then this mirror ofpopular feel
ing reflected back to itnothing but Gable and Cyrus
W, Cyrus w, and Cable, in an infnity Of pictures
and pages Of choice cable literature Nov its tune
ID changed to whistle the other side Of ts mouth
doubtless as true reflection of the popular whistle
of disgust at their own behavior as the former was Of
the hooray Of the people--Which it expresses in
two whole pages Of broad ridioule Of the cable and
everything connected Herewith ridcules il high up
and low down. FROM the quarter deck Of the famous
frgate Niagara down to its lamented grave in deep
sea soundings- ridieules it in every aspect. The
people are ashamed Of herself evidently, and,
wisely thinking that apology and explanation as to
their hooragn would be absurd Harper is helping
them laugh it off as d good joke is helping the
popular feeling to a form and consistency. Ere
this time, we are certain, there is not one single
New Yorker who was uproarious over he did not
exactly know what at the time Of the cable excite
ment, but is heartily ashamed Of his part Of the
uproars and perfectly willing to put the best face
upon It by laughing it off as good Joke.
& The Courage Of Hn1nility,''
This il the exquisitely toadyiah title which the
New York Home Journal gives to thefollowiag literal
copy Of brief editorial paragraph in that paper.
nMr. Everett repeated bis Grafton on Washington
at East Bridgewater recently. lie audedto the fact
the place.
Now if the orator-patriot had said that be had
picked pocket in East Brdgewater forty years Re,
fore, such confession would have involved con
siderable display Of Hthe courage Of humility But
really we can't see anything 50 heroic in his pleading
guilty to having taught school couple of score ii
years before There was assuredy, nothing disrepu-
tabien young mans earning al honest and honora.
bic livelihood by the noble work OF teaching? We
are certainly not getting 50 sublimely arisoeratio in
America as to wish TO be SO far above suspicion Of
working for living that confession Of the deed
calls for an exercise Of both courage ana humility?
Autographs
of Stout tile brutal murderer who was hanged in
New York the other day we find advertised for sale
at fifteen cents apiece and doubt not that they
will be eagerly purchased and find place in the col
lectons Of autograph prtuos with those Of the illus
trious dead. This, we opine, is rather convincing
evidence of what many individuals, who are termed
distinguished seem to overlook, viz that noto-
riety is only the lesser part Of fame" The auto.
gFaphol Stout, the murderer has as reputable odg-
ings as that Of Lafayette, Patrick Henry and other
great and good men. And, while upon the subject,
the market price Of Stephen Girard's autograph is
five dollars. What q depreciation The signature
which would have been worth five millions in the
writer's life time i now worth but five dollars "A mil
lionth part Of its former Yaluel
The Inevitable Barnum
Is deliyering his lecture On Money Makngn in
England to crowded auditories Mime Laborde
and Mile Poinsot, having arrived in New York,
we're shortly to appear ia opera at the Academy of
Music. Music lovers are certainly feastiug their full
in New York. Edward Everett was to deliver
his lecture at NihlD's Garden on Friday last. -.
jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, the American, who
graduated at West Point and entered the French
army on the accession Of his eminent relative to
power, recently arrived il New York, on a visit to
The land Of his birth. We may conclude that he finds
himselfof much more consequence now than he fused
TO was Itis generally announced through the
civilized world that Miss Coutfs has offered lie sum
Of $4,000 to the endowment Of q Bishonrie in Bri.
tish Columbia, She can as well afford 70 give that
as we to put fifteen cents in the contribution plate
each act would involve the same outlay Of charity.
though not the same outlay Of funds.
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sFoTs oNTHE Sun. For the last eight or ten weeks
there has been unusual number of spots on the sun
Many Of them have been large. At present three
groups are visible with telescope of moderate power
The first gronp sjust passing OF on the western limb
and will hardly be seen after day or two the second
has passed about three quarters Of the way across the
disc, while the third which consists Of one large spot
with many small ones lying along to the east of it..
has not yet reached the middle Of the disc Each
black spot is surrounded by well defined luminous
border which Il yet much darker than the other por
tions Of the disc This border is called the penumbra
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a Maiden IHoRNpIARY On the afternoon Of The
18th Of October, very large barn belonging to Mr..
John Scott Of Northampton township, Bucks county.
Pa was set on fire and totally destroyed with all its
contents consisting Of hundred TINS Of hay all the
crops Of the season, several wagons, harness etc.
Three horses and valuable bull also persisted ia the
flames The total loss was about S50O0 Suspieian
fell upon two girls named Lonsa Brisken and Eliza
Jane Mckay, who were milking in the barn.yard
when the flames were discovered, Louisa is aged l6
and Eliza Jane il but Is years Of ace. After long
questioning, the last named admitted TO Mr. Black
burn that she had taken advantage Of Tie onentarv
absence Of the other girl to IRE the barn She
expressed regret for the act said she was nstgatsd
by the devil and chat her motive was 10 have u.
yenge for the real or fancied injuries which She had
received 1t the hands Of the family Of MI. Scott.
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AMURDER DETECTED, The murder Of a Mr.. Bodelh
Of Worcester, Massachusetts, in Minnesota, was de-
ected recently under the following circumstances:
Bodell went 70 Farribault, Minnesota, to buy q
iarn for himself and family He met Rhinehart
there, who proposed to sell some land After locking