The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-12

iron hAactfreoft.
Nothing shows what practical peop we are
more thsn our establishment OF insurances
against railroad accidents. The spirit II com.
morcial enterprise, by which man charters him4
self for railrusd voyage with au insured cargo
OF his bones, liPsmeuts, cartilage, and adlp i.s
tissue, ahundantlv proves that We are nature 5
own tiaders aud shopkeeprrs
Any ordinary people. ,ess imbueh With liver
pool and Manch, sttr notions, would have be-
stirred themselves hnu 70 prevent, or at ieast
lessen, the number OF those tRsuhit o.. They
would baye set 70 work 20 see wha. pro gisons
could be adopted 10 Rive greater security TO
Rvtl We on the contrary, are too business
like 10 wa te tine on this inquiry.
We are GOWN, cd that, TT us build ships ever
so strong there will be- th pwrecks. So We feel
assured that a certain uumher of railway acci.
u, utS, ~ IN Sre called. will continue e. occur
lie ~ Oroau-guaSe as you will We accept the
situation, ther' ftrc, as the French ,ay, and in
sure; that - 70 say, we bpok bet Of very long
Odds-thr,o 70 thUus nd--that We shall hG
rolled up cut In Two, Il dtened into thin sheet
ing, and ground into an impalpahlc powder,
tetWcen Croydon and Brighton II we arrive
safe the assurance office rocket, a few shiiu .
II we win our wager, our executor receives a
thousand pounds.
IL Is about tue grimmest kind OF gambling
ever man heard Of; anu Net We see folE Of the
mnSt uuqueSuOnable prOprteiy eiy-diguitaries Of the
church, judge civil aud uucvi servants Of the
CrUwn, and scores Of others, worm nothing
would tempt into the CutsRa at Ems or Baden
Hs cOOlly ~ p'sstbie piA' tug chi, otrtDle Kame,
and backing themse We. heavily for dor-sl ptr,-
lyss, depressed fracture of the cranium, or at
least comp, und slocitiUn ofthe htp-iOnt.
Now Ii the Protestant Church eHtc tsiuod
what the RomAnisS call cases OF conscience
should like greatly 10 ak, Is this rght} |. it
justihahle 20 make contingent profit out of
your cerebral vert bTe ur your p pliIesl space ?
We have long been deiided aud scOtTed ~ for
making counubialtsm marketable, and putting
price on wiie's tnhdoi y; but IL strikes me this
.Hs Naaa~ To-
false tth, tOU-compared with tho whole bony
skelotonp
"AIiph is Allah :" said the Turkish Admiral to
Lady Hester Snnhope; "but I b ave got two
anchors aStern," showing that, With all hs fatal
ism, he did not dcspise what technically called
human means. SO the reverend Archdeacon
going down for HIS sea-baths, might saw al am
not qnite sure they III carry mo safely but IL shall
not be all mistoruue-I'll take out some Of it IN
money"
The system, however has us difficulties, for
though lt is u round game, the stakes are Apuor-
toned With reference TO the rank and condition
Of the winUer-as, for instance, the Solicitor
Generals collar. bone u worth shoemaker u
whole body, IN I a judges patela is of mora
value than q dealor IN mArinS stores aud his
risIng family. ThIs Is deGOrum would pre-
vent their suiourning at HUmburg ur Wiesb ,den
They could not, of course, no seen pun ing" at
the play table at Ems but here ~ legitimate
game which al my join in, and where, certainly,
the anxiety that is said TO mpart The chief ecstacy
to the gamesters passion rise u the very highest
IL il beaus and tails for a smashing stake, and
ought 70 interest the most sluggish of morta's
What u,etul addition, then, would il bo for
one Bradshaw 81 have n tabular view OF the
"Odds" on "a, different lines that specul ttIye
Individual, desiring 70 provide tor his family
might know where 10 address himself wtu best
chance OF an accident One eau imagine an
assurance company putiOg its uuparallel sd ad-
vHntaFes and unrivalled opp rturity, when four
eXCur. ion trains were to start At five minutes
int, ryals, and he prospect of n smash was little
short of certainty. Great attractions the
late rains have injured the chief portion of the
lino, SO that disaster is cont leutly looked for
every hour Make your game, genlem en-
make your game nothing received after the bel
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