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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07

One of our exchanges in an article on
the recent failure OF the Bank of Cali
fornia has the following; In the magni-
tude Of its operations the bank-was with
out rival in the country, acting as the
fiscal agent of the majority of the min-
ing corporations of the Pacific coast,
and. it is said, working many of them
for the benefit of the institution. Its
power in California and Nevada affairs
had become enormous. The managers
of the institution thought themselves
omnipotent, and regarded the whole
Pacific coast as their property. They
embarked in enormous enterprises; they
owned Senator's and Congressman; they
decided elections; they controlled
judges; the mines and the agriculture OF
nalf u continent they tancied were
theirs; and the people were their SER
wants, born to make them rich and great.
They were mad with the Insanity OF fan
ced wealth and boundless ambition, and
ruin has come upon them. The catas-
trophe teaches anew the familiar lesson:
integrity, wisdom, prudence, economy,
moderation. and discretion, are the only
sur rules in business, as in all things
else, and that banks and bankers ought
to avoid. all outside speculations.
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Mr.. Plims0ll's Good " Ork.

The last annual report of the British
\ Board OF Trade, concerning casualties at
l sea, shows the astonishing fact that no
\ fewer than 1904 British vessels were lost
| during the year 1874, and 1877 inquiries
! were held by the Board during that pe-
riod. One hundred and ffty vessels,
| English and foreign, sailing from various
British and foreign ports, were never
4 heard of after they had left port, thus in
| volying loss oil more than Two thousand
| lives. OF these vessels u sailed from
British ports. ..f.i
| According to the Pail Mall Gazette.
l'out OF the 1856 inquiries held in England,
| it was proved tAat in 20 cases the loss
| was due to unSeaWOrthineSs or to causes
which might with proper foresight have
been prevented. In seven more cases
causes may be termed doubtful; for
though the probabilities were in favor of
the vessels having b9en lost through pre-
ventabIe causes other than those OF care
less navigation, at the same time The
loss could not be said with certainty to
have resulted from such causes.
Giving the owners OF these vessels the
benefit of this doubt, it will be seen that
one-sixth of the SHIPS inquired into were
unseaw0rthy. Many cases of collisions
and strandings occurred through care
lesspess or unskiliiulness, in which,
very possibly, unseaworthiness might
also have been proved, had that sui ject
been gone into. But making all allow
ances, and putting aside not only the
seven doubtful cases, but all the cases
of vessels that have sailed and never
been heard from, it still appears that a |
large part of the British mercantile ma
rlne is so equipped, SO loaded down, or
in such condition OF decay as to be unfit
to encounter the ordinary perilS OF the
sea.
In one case, cited by the Gazette, the
court were UNANIMOUSLY of the opinion
that the loss oil the vessel was due to
overloading. They considered that she
had been continuously overloaded on
her previous voyages. At the time of
the casualty she had 2S1H tons of iron
ore slowed without bunkinss or platform,
this being rendered 80 uneasy aud un-
sale that the master was compelled to
bear up and seek shelter; whereas, with
PAT tons, which would have been rather
more than one and half times her reg
istered tonnage, he admitted that he
could have kept at sea III safety.
The court also considered that this
vessel had not been properly tound in
sails. In another case, the managing
owner oyerruled the masters scluples
as to deck load, and was considered
ny the court solely responsible lor the
loss of this vessel. In still another case,
the owner, it appeared, knew nothing oi
ships, and intrusted the master with
the task of seeing tnat the vessel was in
proper repair, but the master failed to
do this, and was also repeatedly drunk.
Upon The Whole, we, in this country,
can not bame the English people for be-
Ing excited over the wrongs OF seamen,
nor MIR. Plinsoll for his memorable
scene In parliament. - Philadelphia
Record.
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The children whispered noisily, and
soou, to our surprise, the lecturer rose
and began. He bowed, and treated us
With beautiful difference, and read the
dreary lecture with Enthusiasm i Wish
III could say for his sake that it was in
tefesting, but can not tell lie, and 1t
was so l0ngl He went Oil and ON, untll
Itelt as AZ Il had been there ever since i
was q little girl. l{l.
Kate and I did not dare to look at
each other, and in my desperation at
feeling her quiyer with laughter, !
moved to the other end of the pew,
knocking over a big hymn-book on the
way, which attracted 80 much attention
that have seldom felt more embarrassed
in my life. Kate's great dog rQae sew
eral times to shake himself aud yawn
loudlys and then lay down again despair
ingly. c .nlt7ga
The children in font of us mildly scuf-
fed with each other at one time, until
The one at the end of the pew dropped a
marble, which struck the floor and rolled
with a trightful noise down the edge Of
the aisle, where there ,wns no carpet.
The congregation instinctively startea
up to look after it, but we recollected
ourselves and leaned. back again in our
places, while the aaWed children, after
keeping unlaturaily qniet, fell asleep
and tumbled against each other help
lessly. @
After time the man sat down and
wiped his iorenead, looking we'll Salts
lied; and when we were wondering
whether we might with pfopriety come
away, he rose again, and said it was
free lecture, and he thanked us for
our kind patronage on that inelem-
eut night, but in other places which he
had visited, there had been contribu-
tion taken up for the cause. 1t would
perhaps do no harm-would the SEXTON,
But the sexton could not have heard a
scannon at that distance, and slumbered
on. Neither Kate nor had any money
except twenty dollar bill in my purse,
and some coppers in the pocket of her
waterproof cloak, which she assured me
she was, prepared to give; but we saw
no signs Of the sextors waking, and as
one OF the women kindly went forward
to wake then children, we all rose ana
came awaM-Sarah y. Jewett, in The
september Atlantio.fr r. ,l,l
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To study it with care, and then stand
in it intelligently, must, one would say, !,
convey to any man u sense of his own
eternity. Vista upon vista! The eye
never reaches the iarthest end in the
past from which humanity has toiled up
ward, its steps traced III fair victories
over chaos, nor does it alighton any his
toric epoch not related to itself: the ar.
tist, artisan, scholar, each finds himself
gathering out of the dust OF ages sue.
cessive chapters of his own spiritual BIZ
ography. And even and as he lives the
Past from which he came over again, he
fuds, at the converging point OF these
manifold lines OF development, wings
Tor his imagination, by which he passes
on the aerial track Of tendency, stretch
ing his hours to ages. living already in
the Golden Year. There is no other in
stitution in which an hour seems at once
so brief and SO long. A few other Euro
pean museums may surpass this in other
specialties than its own; though when
the natural-history collections of the
British Museum have been transferred
to their new abode, one Will find at the
door a collection OF that kind not inferior
to the best with which Agassiz has en-
riched the Swiss establishments; but no
other museum has so we'll CLASSIFIED and
SO well lighted an equal variety aud num-
Der Of departments and objects repre-
senting that which in its own specially
Man as expressed in the works that en-
body his heart and genius.
Tue museum has been In existence
about eighteen years. Its buildings aud
contents nave cost the nation about one.
million pounds; an auction held on the
premises today could not bring less than
ten millions. Such a disproportion be
tween outlay and outcome has led some
to regard South Kensington as a pecu-
liarly fortunate Institutions; but there
has been no luck in Its history. Sue
cess, as Friar Bacon reminds us, is
flower that implies soil of many vir-
tues. II magnificent collections and in
valuable separate donations have stead
lily streamed to this museum, SO that its
buildings are increasingly expanding for
their reception, it is because the law Of
such Things is to seek such protection
and fulfill such uses as individuals can
rarely provide for thef14-- D. Conway,
in Harper's Magazine for September. ~
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PHILADELPHIA has been this summer
In small way testing the advantages Of
the free bath system, and the result has
been most satisfactory. The Alaska
street free bath-house has had an attend
Rnce Of 370 per day, and all from a single
section ofthe city. This has encouraged
Philadelphia to secure a more exten-
sive adoption of free baths, and next
season will probably find many other
houses Of the same kind provided for
those who desire to avail themselves OF
such convenience. Can not some OF
our philanthropists be induced to think
The matter over2 A half dozen well reg
plated free lighthouses along our river
banks, besides their sanitary effects and
the pleasure they would afford, would
be the means of saving many valuable
lives. The deaths by drowning while
bathing have this summer been unusual.
1y numerous and seem to increase every
season. An effort to put stop to this
is surely worth making, and there is
none that can be made that will be as
sure to result successfully as the estab-
lishment of tree bath-houses. -..s
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07

ing dictionary of dates. The back of the
'turtle was qHaiRtly ins cribed with ,tacts
and figures craven thereon long years
ago, and kppafently addedto drom time
to, time during the past, century.
Scarcely sdiseernable, except upon ctese
examination, were some hieroglyphics Of
the ancient denizens OF the lorest. The
bow and arrow was the most conspicu-
GUS among these, and it was evident that
the shell had born other aboriginal de-
vices, now nearly obliterated. The marks
made by the early white settlers were
much more plain. The first Of these In
scriptions reads, "Caught in 1900, after a
fresIiet.'' The next chronoIog4eai re-
cord is, sscaught in 18o1," and from. time,
to time the turtle appears to have been
caught and, marked by Its captors.L .grhe.
intervals between the dates range frem
three to five years. The shell is almost
completely covered with these inscfip-
tiOnS. is' .m0 tNQt if1His
1t would seem that this turtle was no
fraud, marked as a hoax byFsome mod
ern reprobates,- for me OF fourscore Iiv-
ing at Millstream remember having
heard their fathers speak or this marked
turtle, which even i'm the daysof the
early settlers was consideled an old an
iMaL-sSt. John Telegraph. fe4s 8A 20.
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Court C1LTiA0s,

The following persons were impaneled
to serve as grand jury for the month OF
September: II. NJ. Bates, foreman, S. b.
Lowenstein, Peter Dlegan, Ii. IL. Cess.
ling, j. Muller, James Williams, Robert
HI. Wade, L. MtGrath, VIM. 'Spiegel,
james Lawlcr, VIM. Bey, James Quinn
eugene Townfey, l.. H.eMarne ana y. G.
Broadwell. .,s 4o eE&t...
The will of John B. Heilman was ad-
mitted to probate; Matthew Pardeck
was appointed executor. Personally,
"a, 500.
Henry sperber was appointed admin.
istrator OF Fred. Wenzel. Personality,
Hengehold 4 Co., coal dealers,s made
an assignment for the benefit Of their
creditors to John Nash and John d!
Day.
The following suits were commenced
in the Superior Court:
2,035---Johns0n Lee VS.. the Parkers-
burg and OHIO River Transportation
Company. s,..... .s,..
32,0S6- Richard Hanks ct al. VS.. Cassius
L. Pratt ct al. =
32,os7-The Chicago Portable Track
and Car Company VS.. johnson, Virtue
ct al.
3z,05S-John ID. Visse vs.. William III.
Thayer.
The following were commenced in
Common Pleas:
46.o3S-W. D. Henderson VS.. John
KaDeffcr. t
46, ,934-saniord X. Eagan ct al. VS..
Cassius l.. Pratt ct al.
46, 46,935-Niilcreek Valley Building AS.
socIation No. VS.. Brian z. Critchell CT
al. ~ LOG a. ~
l6, ,036-Keziah Emery ct al. vs. VIM.
Travis et.al.
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EVER since Mr.. Kelley started on his
pilgrimage, the STAR has been urging
that he mingle little tariff talk with his
explanations Of the currency question.
He has views on the tariff that until
lately have been much more decided,
and, in his opinion, more important than
anything that could be said on finances.
The two questions are, besides, closely
related to each other, and the people are
interested in each. Why should he give
sll attention to one and entirely ignore
the other? st @siie
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07

The mackerel fishermen usually start
out rs early as the last OF February for
the Georges Bark IS, the worst time Of the
year for winds; and as they anchor near
together in ranks on those treacherous
shoals, where even in calm weather the
tide-rips swirl and boil in an eXtraordi-
nary manner, ii one drags her anchors
in gale of wind, it Is almost a dead cer-
tainty that,as she sweeps on to destruc-
tion, she Will fall foul of some of her
companions and involve them in a CON-
mon doom, which is the reason why it is
rare to hear OF one vessel being lost alone
Oh the Georges. .4.7.... ~
The mackerel fishermen bound to other
waters, with the cod, halibut, and had
dock fishermen, do not start until later.
The cod are caught chiefly on the Grand
Banks of Newfoundland, where the
watch-lights twinkle in the midnight
gloom in company with those of the
French fishermen of Miquelon and ST..
Pierre. Many mackerel are caught in
the Bay OF et. Lawrence, off Cape North,
Sidney, and the Magdalen Islands, where
the daring fishermen often linger until
iale.in the fall, and are often. embayed
by tremendous gales among those inhOs-
pitable shores, without sea-room, on a
lee shore, and no sale port to run to.
!, The haddOck and hallbut are oitener
caught ON Browns Bank aud within the
waters OF New England. 1t is curious
sight to see schooner come in from the.
Banks loaded down nearly to the soup.
pers and packed to the beams with cod
fish. The wharf is lined with eager
spectators as she glides up to her dock
with o leading wind. The foresail comes
in, then the mainsail is lowered, and
handed by y crew weatherbeaten and
clumsily Timber In useful but not grace
ful Cape Cod sea-boats, sou'westers, and
oiljackets, and with the Inevitable clay
pipe jutting out beyond the bushy, un-
trimmed beard. Then the jib down-haul
is manned, and a.number OF boys, eager
for the day when they can go
to the Banks, catch the hawsers,
make her last to the piers fore and aft.
Amidst hail-storm of questions
asked and answered on both sides, the
Gre W range themselves On board and ON
shore, with one-tined pitchforks, and
proceed to unload with the rapidity and
regularity of machinery. The men in
the hold heave the fish on deck; thence
they are tossed on the wharf. Another
turn OF the pitchfork lands them under
'he knile, their heads and tails come of.
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on'' "'nuo'' no,mo, na, w '"4os IAooman .''"'','
"A c'arAo' ".
Ira pleasant review OF ExoNcs, Ein the
September sAtlantic, Dr. Holmes pays
the fohowing worSny tribute 70 It's ap-
th6r ana translator: XII. W
FATTY years OF friendly asseciationybe-
ginning IN the earliest college days. may
tempt the writer TO speak ol James Free
man Clarke IN terms which nave rlpened
toward the sapeHative, bue II Is an I'M
generous sllence ,Wnlcn leaves. all The
iair wofqs q honestly-earned praise TO
tne writer OF opituary notices ana the
narble-Worker. These translations are
the work Of one who, though not un-
known as poet,'is net a mere man of
letters.
Ihey reveal some q the mental afini-
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Fall seeding.

Where oats stubble is 10 be seeded to
wheat. it ismy practice to plow 1t up as
soon as tue oats are removed. / fnd it
easier work than to wait till September,
alter the sun has baked 1t for month.
Iiplow as deep as possible, with an ordi-
nary steel plow, ahd at seeding time
scatter the,manure,and cross ploW, COM
parativeiy shallow, placing the manure
where it will be Immediately available
to the young wheat when it sprouts
then harrow the field smoothly before
sowing the grain. BY this method the
oats stubble is left below, undisturbed,
to keep the soil loose, and turnlsh addi-
tional food when itrots. l have drilled
in my wheat for the last two years, and
believe the extra yield of the two crops
above what they would have been
soWed broadcast, has already paid for
the drill, and it is still as good as ever.
Cor. Ohio Farmer. -
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
n Ctnctnnatian Abroad.

n Ctnctanatiass Abroad.
- We are k0dly permitted to make the
following extracts from letter written
by a Cincinnatian, now travelling in
Europe, to q gentleman in this city. The
letter is written from Rotterdam. Hol.
land, and says: tuta5 8!. ia -
The tour OF Iceland, Scotland and Eng.
land, has been u delightful one in many
respects. The country along the entire
route Is most Charming IN scenery,
picturesque beauty and high cultivation.
Ihe iarms about Cork, Dublin and Lon
donderry, are handsome, with their
hedge and stone fences, dividing various
colored helds Of potatoes, turnips, wheat,
OATS and barley, and the western colln-
Try, in the vicinity of Killarney, seems
like a park. with The line roads and beau
tiiul little lakes, to be seen everywhere,
In Scotland, everything seemed to be
of superior order, both as to the people
and their farms and stock and the coun-
try and its scenery. Glasgow is the
Plttsburg OF Scotland, and Is indeed a
line commereial city. Edinburgh is a
beautiful city, but differs largely from
Glasgow. " is built almost vntirely OF
stone upon hills and, hillsides and mol
lows, and with the most yiliainous, mar
row and crooked streets, and with
buildings eight and ten stories high. Yet
1t has many line buildings among its old
Lowers and castles, and has the cleanest
stl eets and best system of street rail-
ways and omnibuses in The Kingdom.
London is much better looking than [!
expected to lind it, but the people are
very wise in their own conceit, and had
a ine trip across the English channel,
and am now enjoying the novel sights in
this land Of dyAes and canals and wood
en- shoes.
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A few days ago we gave condensed
statement Of the leading artlcles i'm
ported into the United States during
the last fiscal year, as shown by the off,
eial report Of the Bureau of Statistics.
The returns of our exports during the
same period are now completed. They
show a considerable decline in wheat,
cotton, illuminating oil, bacon and hams,
CO, lumber ana timber; while the in
crease is especially noticeable in brass,
furs, hides and skins, gold and silver
coins, hops, small arms, leather, oil
cake, cheese, lard, quicksilver, seeds,
refined sugar and moiasses. The total
domestic exports for 1875 were $6i3, ,091,-
433, against s6o3, ,03O, ,054, for the fiscal
year 1874, beinga decrease Of S49,957,62l.
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THE City of Paris has conceived and
made arrangements to carry out very
practical idea in relation to our Centen-
nial Exposition. The sum of $4,000 is
to be raised for the purpose Of defraying
The expenses of sending to the Centen.
NAL a number Of workmen identified
with the various trades, who are to make
notes OF what they observe, and on their
return describe all the improvements
That can be made Of any practical bene-
II. This move will be of great benefit to
France, and other communities will
aoubtless follow the example. The coun-
Iries OF the old world understand the
importance OF their workmen being as
thorough as possible in their callings,
and of late 1t has been the custom for
sach country to send delegations of them
10 the great industrial expositions Of
Europe. In this country it has been too
much the custom tor proprietors and
their families to be the ones to attend
bn such occasions, while the workman,
The one who could be really benefited
and could benefit his employer, remains
1t his work. What the City of Paris is
going to do should be done by every city,
in this country, and by all the large es-
Adjustments on their own accounts,
namely, send to Philadelphia delega-
lions of the most. intelligent skilled
workmen to make notes and observa-
lions for future use. In this city the
Board of Trade. and Mechanics Insti-
tute, should each keep delegation there
during the whole continuance of the Ex-
position, and each OF our leading manu-
featuring establishments should send
mechanics capable of profting by what
they see In their line.
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I was acquainted with a gallant SOL
dier who assured me that his only
method Of courage was this: Upon the
frst fire in an engagement, he imme :
diately looked upon himself as q dead
man. He then bravely fought out the
remainder Of the day perfectly regard
less of all manner Of danger, as becomes
reckoned as clear gain, or as he himself
expressed it, $50 much out OF the hre:'
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AM Old New Brnnsnlck TurtIe.

The yeritable father of the turtles In
this Province has made his appearance
in Kings county, with the weight of cen.
turies upon his wrinkled she'll. A few
was rowing win along the banks AI Of tSs oEs1H Kan.
nebeccasis be found o shell turtle, and
with natural desire to secure 1t for
further examination, took some trouble
to catch 1t. He expected to ind an ordi-
nary shell turtle, but he seonred q walk.
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and they are split open almost in Sec
'ppd, and are then nsalted and y4aid on the
fh stages or trellises TO dry Hafterwhich
they are ready to serve up to good Ohris-
tans either for fshyballs on Sunday or
for hash on. Fridays. G. W.Benjamin,
in Hakper's Magazine tQr september.
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The new direct cable is now working
excellently. Since the Faraday made
her repairing trip communication has
been re-established, and schedule Of
low rates is to be at once issued. Cheap
telegraphy at home and to Europe is
what we want. and brisk competition
alone will give it to us.
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SPEAKING of Ell Perkins new book,
the Boston Globe says; "The pictures
are good, and any person who has enough
self.contrOl not to CLAN ce at the remarks
BY Perkins, in which they are buried,
will enjoy looking at them. AS Mr.. Per-
kins says, the cover Of the book is pret-
ty.v 4. . .... 3 /
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RALTMoRE is just welcoming the sun
shine, after forty days and forty nights
ofrain. We know all about it in this To-
cality. M r 5s t5aN3 ai.