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New-York tribune., 1875-07-03
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New-York tribune., 1875-07-03

Readers tearing torn for the Summer can hare
THE DAILY TRIBUNE mailed TO them at any
address, and the address changed as often as
desired, postpaid for 81 per month.
New-York tribune., 1875-07-03

The fate of the New-YOrk Police Justices
bill is not now made public for the first time,
but Gov. 1ildcns reasons fox vetoing it will
bs read with interest The Governors objec-
New-York tribune., 1875-07-03
amusements arb Meeiinss.

HARNESS. TROPICAL GARDyN.-Rare Plants, ETC.
OLYMPIC TuEArra--At and 3: Variety Entertainment
po,,xsox u.,,-At 2 and &: "GirO1e-Ciir0ha" In
English.
CENTRAL PARK GARDES.-Conccrt Thomas
CuxoRxs GARDEN.--At and =: Concert
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM ARr-Painting. statuary' etc
New-York tribune., 1875-07-03

THE TRTBUSE's MONTHLY CALENDAR.
~, lore, nysrss indicate Of e ohe small ones
fbr diam zoff
New-York tribune., 1875-07-03

The magnitude of the disaster that has fallen
on Southern France was scarcely indicated IN
the earlier dispatches. The loss of property Is
now estimated at S60,00O,O0O. This is far
more ruinous to individual sufferers than fire
would be which destroyed the same value, be-
cause in the latter case there would be more
or less general relief from insurance. The
most appalling feature Of the calamity is, how
ever, the loss of 5000 human lives.
New-York tribune., 1875-07-03

In the interest of harmony in Western journalism,
this suggestion seems timely. Let it be conceded
that the Mississippi Valley is an ellipse of which
Chicago and ST. Iouis are the two foci that Chicago
has the largest number Of inhabitants and st. Louis
the most people; that Chicago has more statesmen
to the inch than any other city west of Washington,
and st. Louis contains four hundred available can
didatcs for the Presidency, two-thrds of whom are
Leutenant Colonels; that Chicago has less debt and
real estate and St. Louis has fewer liabilities
and pays taxes; that st. Louis has the greatest
commercial future before it, and Chicago may look
forward to the greatest growth in trade; that the
feet of the ladies of both cities are exactly of the
same dminutve size; that each is the metropolis of
the West and bound to be big as all creation.
This treaty of peace once signed, the weary writer
OF paragraphs might take a rest-and his readers
likewise.
New-York tribune., 1875-07-03

Another damaged statesman has been summing up
journalism This is the sagaciOus and unerring way
in which Speaker Mcclure describes what he found
ont about il at Albany. He is reported as saying
that the Albany correspondence of the city papers
was made up mostly by young men who were just
out of school or college, and who have but little
practical knowledge. They guess some imagine
more and some one imposes upon them some buga-
boo story, and these go forth public sentiment.
Give OF them $40 and you would be the honestcst
of men if not, of the biggest scOundres. The
Speaker could not give receptions, the Gov
error could, and these fellows were not
going to say anything against one whose cake
they were eating and whose whisky they were drink
ing" 1t seems also that the Speaker labOred inces
sanity. standing up in Albany day after day, the
only man in favor Of exposing the frauds ON the
State, and having the villains punished, when dis
covered" No one proposes, of course. to dispute the
accuracy or modcsty of either of these statements;
but there is one point on which there ought TO he
more light shed. We want the statistics about the
eatables and drinkables Won't Mr. Mcclure give
us an estimate of the amount of cdke and whisky it
would take to make him satesnani
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-04-30
NUMBER "a.
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

Donaldson, the aeronaut, made an
| ascension in New Jersey the other day,
but his balloon became unmanageble, and
he was obliged to cut the air-ship loose
and saved only his life and the basket.
Israel Miller, of East Pennsboro, Pa,
had chestnut-brown hair the other day,
when bull began tossing him about, and
hair as white as wool when the bull had
got through with him.
Roast larks don't drop into peoples
mouths along the Shore Line, but two
woodcocks accidentally struck telegraph
and fell senseless near New Haven recent
ly, where they were picked up by a lucky
bystander
While William Maxim, Of North
Carver, Mass, was shiDgling his barn the
other day the ladder blew down, and as no
one came near him he was obliged to
straddle the ridge-pole all that night and
half the next day until tramp happened
along and got him down-the only in
stance on record of tramp being good
for anything.
Charles Evans, a young man eighteen
years of age, living in Marblehead, Mass,
put eleven 1" fingers of powder in an old
musket the other afternoon and discharged
it with the intention of making a big
noise" He had no recollection as to the
quality and amount of the noise, but the
doctor thinks that an amputation of the
right hand at the wrist will save one arm.
Mrs E. L. Irwin, highly respectable
young widow of Hannibal, Mo-, recently
tied clothes-line around herself and her
little girl, six years old, fastened the other
end to stake in the ground and then
took the child in her arms and deliberate
ly walked into Bear Creek. Both were
drowned Financial embarrassment and
disappointment in love are understood to
be the causes Of the act.
The harmony of public worship was
considerably interrupted in Boston
church, few Sundays ago, by the organs
refusing to discourse sweet sound, but
giving forth doleful shrieks when the
wind was let in. So the congregation sang
without organ accompaniment while the
sexton investigated the matter and finally
hauled cat out of the instrument, though
how she got there is mystery.
"A Vermont freight conductor fell
under the cars the other day, and the
wheels of the forward truck of freight
car weighing 13,500 pounds ran over
his legs, but, strange to say, did not break
the bones and scarcely tore the skin. Two
jack-knives in his pocket were bent nearly
double, and it is thought that the flange
struck them first, thus avoiding the shear
ing effect of the fiange upon the rail.
This is probably the only case on record
where a car has run over mans leg
leaving the bones unharmed.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-04-30
LATEST NEWS.
THE OLD WORLD.

According to a ST. Petersburg CORE
spondent Of London paper a plot has been dis
covered in Khva for the massacre of all the Rus
sian residents.
A City of Mexico dispatch of a recent
date says ten men were on trial in that city charged
with burying three men alive, leaving only their
heads above ground, and then killing them with
hatchets and knives.
The medal awarded by the French Geo
graphical Society to Capt. Hail. the late Arctic ex-
plorer was given to Minister Washburne on the
22d, for transmission to Capt. Halls widow.
In the British House Of Commons, on
the 23d, DIR. Kenealy moved the appointment Of a
royal commission to investigate the circumstances
surrounding the late Tichborne trials. Several
speeches were made, after which the motion was
voted down--433 to 1.
The Ursuline Sisters in Posen who are
not natives of Germany have been ordered to
leave the district within two months.
The United States Consular Agent at
Brest, j. M. Kerros, is dead.
The Guikwar of Barada, lately on trial
for his life, has been deposed by the Viceroy of
India.
The Catholic Bishops of Great Britain
have written letters of sympathy to The Bishops
of Germany and Switzerland, now claiming to be
persecuted by their respective Governments.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin will give a
banquet to the American rifle team on their ar
rival in Ireland, at which the Lord Mayor of Lon
don will be present in state After the close of
the international contest the Lord Mayor Of Lon
don will give them a dinner at the Mansion
House in London.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-04-30

If you were in Japan during the first
week in May you would see huge fishes
made of paper flying in the air. Every
Japanese family in which there are boys
plants q tall bamboo pole in the ground
To the top of the pole is hung a large
paper representation of a carp. The fish
is held to the pole by a piece of cord
fastened in it's gills. 1t is made hollow, so
that the breeze will fill it out full and oval
like real carp. There it swims in the air
from morning till night for week or
more. To-day, while | am writing this in
Yeddo, all over the city you can see these
carp, some of them twenty feet long, tug
ging at their lines like fish with baited
hooks in their mouth. There must be
thousands of them.
What are they for? They are put up in
honor of the boys. fla boy-baby has been
born in Japanese house during the year,
the n0b0ri, as the paper fish is called, is
sure to be hoisted. Even if there are boys
in the house several years old, the nob0ra
is usually raised.
How curious Why do the japanese
hoist the n0borS? The reason is this The
carp, or koa, as the japanese call it, is a
strong fish that lives in rivers and can leap
high out of the water. 1t can jump over
rocks; it can swim against a strong cur
rent; it can snap up flies in the air; it can
leap up high enough to mount over water
falls. So you see it can overcome most of
the difficulties that lie in a carp's way.
Now the Japanese father thinks this is
what a boy ought tC be able to do-to
mount over all difficulties, and to face
every danger. Hence, the carp is the
symbol of a boys youth and manhood.
Every proud father who has a baby
hoists the n0b0r5. When the boy baby is
| old enough, he raises it himself.
| You see much more than these big
paper fishes at the Feast of Flags in May.
| If you look in the shops of Yeddo or Flu
kui during the first week in May you will
see ever so many nice toys, such as Japan
ese boys play with. There are hundreds of
big paper fishes and thousands of flags.
Japanese flags are long and narrow and
not like ours. You will not see any dolls
such as the girls play with. Instead OF
these are thousands of splendidly dressed
| images of Japanese generals, captains and
| heroes, all in armor, with spears in their
| hands and swords in their belts, and bows
and arrows at their backs. They have
| helmets on their heads and sandals on
| their feet. Some are on foot, others are on
| horseback. Then there are all kinds OF
| toy animals made of silk, such as monk
eys, COWS and oxen, wild boars which the
hunters kill, together with tents, houses,
banner-stands and racks for spears and ar
rows made of wood Such toys as these
are sold only in the months of April and
May, just as the girls toys for the Feast of
Dolls are sold only in February and
March. When we see these boys toys for
sale we know that the Feast of Flags is
near at hand.-W E. Gribfs, IN st. Nic'to-
! J0a Jco,, IT0,,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-04-30
The Boy Remembered.

A few days ago an insurance agent
hired boy to mind his office and run er-
rands, and he had a long talk with the
lad, telling him what he must do and what
he must not do. The boy got along all
right until yesterday, when the agent en-
tered the office and found him up to some
roguery.
"See here, my boy,' said the agent,
"didn't tell you just what you'd have to
do if you stayed here?'
"You did," replied the boy; "you said
| mustn't sing or whistle; that l mustn't
have boys up here; that was to come at
eight and quit at five; that was to keep
up the fire, sweep out, run errands and be
civil that [ was to be careful and lock the
door, scrape my feet on the mat, keep my
knife away from the furniture and not
idle my time away. You told me all
this but you didn't say blamed word
about my pouring ink on the cock.
roaches!'
The agent had to have another talk
Detroit Free Press.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-04-30
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

There are fifty-seven newspapers il
this country edited by women.
The last st. Louis Directory contains
the following: Oyster, Rave, 13 Frys
8 Fish, Salmon, Trout, Shad, Mack
erel, Porges, s Pixies, 2 Fowles, 2 Chicks
7 Hams, 80 Lambs, Pickles, 1 Pudding
2 Pykes, 2 Figges, 3 Nuts, 2 Coffees, z
Segers.
That "New" signature is worse than
the old one; but the puzzle of it, since
they call it a puzzle, is, perhaps, that
it spells new both ways-that is, when
read properly and when inverted; for
''n'' in running hand is inverted "w' and
fiourishes easily enough blurr or duplicate
the letter &C."
Hon. John G. New, the recently -ap-
pointed United States Treasurer, has given
bonds in the sum of $3.50, 900 for the faith
full performance of the duties pertaining
to the office The gentlemen who went
on his bond were Hon. w. III. English, E.
Martindale, Hervey Bate, G. W. Parker
and Fred. Knefer. The men represent
about So 100000.
MIR. Squibb, the manufacturing chem.
ist, does not believe that Mr.. Walker was
killed by conium, but that he died from
syncope, though he believes that the syn
cope was caused by conium, which is like
arguing that man did not die from hav-
ing bullet put in his brain, but died
from having hole made in his head,
which hole you admit was made by a
bullet-Neao York Herald.
Bret Harte says that no one shall
know anything about the next book he
writes until it is in the printers hands.
The volume he has just about finished has
been the torment of his life. Everywhere
he went it was, ooh, Mr. Harte, how is
the novel coming on?" and if he said it
had only grown chapter or two since the
last inquiry the questioner would shake
his head and say: "That's bad, Mr..
Harte; you are getting along very slowly"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-04-30
An Ancient Literature.

For twenty-five years students of the
Assyrian and Babylonian remains have
been working hardest to develop the has
torn of those Empires. They have been
spurred on to their work by their brilliant
success in discovering long and full
records of various monarchs mentioned in
the Scriptures, and by the invaders &C
counts of the victories recorded in the Old
Testament over the various Kings OF
Judah and Israel. These wonderful con-
firmations of the sacred history have been
carefully developed, and new and very
important chapter of the worlds history
has been recovered, including tolerably
complete annals of successive Kings, be-
ginning nearly z, 200 years before the con-
quest of Babylon by Cyrus. But it is only
within a very few years that we have be-
gun to learn what was the real literature
of these people, what their books, what
their inner life and feelings, what their
Iliad or Kalevala, what their omens and
exorcisms and star gaZers' prodigies. To
these subjects the labor of Assyrian stu
dents is now directed, and already a rich
store of information has been secured, as
important as it is curious. The public at
tention directed to this subject through the
discovery by Mr.. George Smith of the
Babylonian story of the flood resulted in
the commission given to Mr.. Smith, frs
by the publishers of the London Telegraph
and afterward by the British Museum, tc
carry on further explorations in Nineveh
with, the object of completing the story o
the flood and of securing other records
He was successful IN discovering the only
missing fragment of that story, and il
adding other neurological and historical
tablets of great value, translations o
which, as of Inscriptions previously in th,
British Museum, he has given in his i'm
portant work just published, entitled
ssAssyrian Discoveries. ."-Dr. w H
! Ward, ScrSbpertor Hay.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-04-30
Published March D, 1875.
nrr Inrs-E. ID sllA

AN ACT to permit town insurance companies to
insure the real and personal property OF the IN
habitants of any adjoining towns in the same
county where such town insurance companies
NAV be located without reorganization, IN
conformity with the present Town insurance
law.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
SEcTIoN l. 1t shall be lawful for any organized
town insurance companies in this State, without
reorganization, to insure the real and personal
property of the inhabitants ofany adjoining towns
in the same county where such town insurance
company may be located. in the same manner ana
at the rates of insurance as said town
ance companies are now. or may De nereai1e,, neI'a
nernitted 10 do under the present Town Insurance
laws and their own corporate bylaws ;nod
SEC 2 1t shall be lawful for shcn . go al
town insurance companies. from tune 20 .l4s, q
occasion requires to choose any OF IheII 4lli1o M ~
from such adjoining towns as they mouu ad ~ hpen
mltted to do if such adjoining towns nau oeen
embraced in their territory at Its organlzlaliioh
SEC. 3. This act shall take eHecS anu pe -
force from and after its passage. oonv
Approved March s. 1875 ~ vi =
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-04-30
Letter Writing.

We have no lessons to give by which ev
cry woman can learn to be a Sevigne or
Lady Wortley Montagu, but there are GER
tain hints to suggest that may serve to inn
prove the correspondence of even the most
humble letter-writer. LIE style c'est Ph0nn,e
fhe style is the MANI, said Button; and
| this ought to be true, especially OF every
inditer of an epistle, be it what it may.
Whatever is written should reflect the
character of the writer, give his or her
own observations, opinions and senti-
ments and peculiar views, and be all eX-
pressed in a manner familiar and natural.
The Injunction of the father to his son,
g Write as you would TALK may be ac-
cepted as very good counsel, although it
need not be construed literally, as it was
by that promising example of filial obedi-
ence who wrote, g How dye do, dear
Tom? | am glad to see you, y ETC., although
his correspondent was hundreds OF miles
away.
Ordinary letter writers are too apt to
trust exclusively to the epistle they have
received from the correspondent whom
they are addressing for suggestions of what
to write about They make their letters too
exclusively answers. OF course a reply is
to be made when the question requires it,
but there is no necessity for taking up
each line Of correspondents last epistle
and clinching it with an affirmation OF
what he asserts and a denial OF what he
denies. a long correspondence thus often
becomes perpetual circle of wearisome
repetition, where the writers lose their
separate individuality and become one,
like two figures in revolving box. writ
ers of narrow resource are prone to make
up for their deficiency of ideas by super,
abundant Acknowledgements, apologies and
rebukes. Thus whole pages are f1lied WIN
the mere statement of the receipt OF a lei
Ter. or excuses for not writing sooner, or
censllre of a correspondent for missing
post. AS a general rule, excepting, OF
| course. when writing on matters OF husl-
ness. if is we'll to forget as much as posi-
BILE the last letter Of your correspondent,
who probably cares more TO hear about
| Yourself and your surroundings than to
! have himself and his surroundings re-
| fected back with all their wearisome
familiarity.
Letters should be free from all affecta-
| ton, and especially that of fine writing
| The writer should divest himself OF all set
purpose of writing good letter, as IL is
| called. which generally proves OF the
worst kind. Elaborate descriptions, over
strained sentiment and forced humor are
never very acceptable anywhere, and GER
| tainIy not in the letter of familiar
| friend. With the universal diffusion Of
/ tbe newspaper, it is seldom necessary
| for a private correspondent to dwell at
| length upon the public events OF the
day, or attempt to rival the diffuse pollt-
ical disquisitions of his favorite editor.
| The topics of the familiar letter should pe
/ drawn as far as possible from the home,
intimate associations Of the family and
the daily pursuits of the writer.-Harpers $
B0SGr.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-04-30
Published March %, 1875
CHAPTER 342.

AN ACT to amend Chap. 1874 of the Revised Stat
utes, entitled ''Of inquests of the dead"
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows
SECTION 1. Chapter one hundred and eighty
four QSD of the Revised Statutes, entitled Of in
quests of the dead,' is hereby amended by add
ing thereto the following sections; Section
fourteen C14 In each and every county in this
thousand all the duties in the foregoing
sections of this chapter required to
be performed by Justices of the Peace
ty, and such Coroner is hereby invested with all
the powers of Justice of the Peace in taking in
quests by virtue of any of the provisions of this
chapter, and shall have and exercise exclusive
jurisdiction and power in taking such inquests
in his county, except in case of inability to at
tend to such duties caused by his sickness or
absence, in which case the same may be per
county Sec. fifteen (15). Such Coroner shall be
paid quarterly out of the county treasury OF the
proper county for the perform OF an ms
tion, salary to be fixed by the Board OF super
visors of said county, and such Coroner shal! col
lect for all official services which he may perform
Except in cases of inQuests) such fees as he is
now by law entitled to receive, and shall at the
end of every three months under oath report and
pay the same to the County Treasurer OF said
the Board of Supervisors of such county to pro-
vide for the of such Coroner suitable office
room at the county seat of the county, and it
shall be the duty of such Coroner to keep in
his said office proper books containing records
of all inquests by him held, setting forth
the time and place of holding such inquests,
and the names of the jurors serving thereon,
together with brief statement of the pro-
ceedings thereof Sec. seventeen 60. Before
entering upon the duties of his Office every
Coroner who is by virtue of this chapter author
lied and required to take 1nquests shall deliver to
the proper officers of his county bond subscribed
by two or more sufficient suretes, in such penal
sum as the Board of Supervisors of said county
NAV determine. conditioned for the faithful per-
formance of all his official duties as set forth in
this chapter, and that he faithfully account for
and pay to the County Treasurer of said county
all moneys which may come into his hands be-
longing to said county and which, by virtue of
this chapter he is required to account for and pay
as aforesaid. Sec. eighteen 0S). All acts in con-
fict with any Of the foregoing provisions are
hereby repealed
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 5, 1875 @@COPY.