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The Plea of Lunacy in Cases of Crime.

The plea Of lunacy in cases of crime
has led to much discussion, and in many
eases to misplaced leniency, and erroneous
decisions. In recent case i'll England,
in which a dOck-hand at Chatham killed
a fellOwlabOrer with an ADJ, the plea of
insanity was put in eXtenuatiOn. Mr.
Justice Brett, in summing up told the
jury, in effect, that the law took no heed
of sanity or insanity, abstractedly con-
sidered, or of the presence or absence of
delusions. He declared advisedly that
it was not enough for a man to be mad,
but that he must be so mad as not to
know the nature of the act he committed;
that is to say, in order to obtain exemp-
ton he must either not know what he
was doing, or must not know that it was
wroHg. If he knew what he was doing,
and if he knew that it was wrong, then,
however mad he might be, he wis still
responsible. The jury shrank from find
ing simple verdict of guilty, and added
that the prisoner was not accountable
for his acts. The law as laid down by
Mr.. Justice Brett receives general APP
proval at the hands of the press, and his
charge contains timely protest against
the loose and dangerous theories which
for some time past have been current
upon the subject.
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The Fabulous Wealth of the Ancients.

The modcrns who are showing such re-
markablc taste for the art have by no
means reached the aPpreciativeness of
anCiCnts. /cuNis grew 50 rich that he
refused to sell more pictures, and gave
them away to cities; and Nicias declined
an offer from AttaIus of e15,000
for a single picture. Aprelles received
$4,000 for Il portrait of Alexander, and
gave cl2, $500 for each picture Protogenes
had in his studio. Julius Caesar gave
go, 900 for two pictures of single figures
me Ajax and the other Medea; and VI.
Agrippa paid to the municipality of
Cvzicus C1O,6OO for two more. Lucius
Mummius refused 60, 900 for a picture
of " Father BacChUa' which he had
seized in Greece, and Tiberius gave
10000 SeStertia, or nearly half million,
for a picture of Parrhasius. Cicero
argued that Nerres had compelled Heiux,
a rich Sicilian, to part with a little
bronze Cupid by Praxiteles because
Verres bought it for only Ct ,063; and
Nicomedes offered to pay off the public
debts of Cnidus-"quod erat ingens,"
say PHny-if the citizens would give
him PraXiteles's statute of Venus in re-
turn. and was refused because it was the
glory of the city. But what shall we
saw of Lola Paulina the rival Of Agrip-
pima, whose dresses alone were valued at
E332. 9l6? Nero gave nineteen millions
in presents only-rather more than Louis
Quatorze spent upon Versailles; and
there was Pallas that cuTlcd darling and
loyer of Agrippina who was enormously
rich. and to WHO Juvenal alluded as a
type of wealthy men, in the line, Ego
oosidico plus Pallanto ct Licinio." He
left handsome estate in land-I speak
,nlv of land nsw-of some e2,92I,S7
Then there was Seneca, the philosopher
and moralist, who always preached the
virtues of poverty and selfdenial and
protested the virtues of stoicism, who
left about the same amount, given him
in great part, | suppose, by Nero and
Lentulus, whose real estate amounted to
GO, 229, lG6; and Isodorous, who disposed
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KCely'S Motor.

The gauge constructed by Mr.. Keely
to prove his theory, which has been
much discussed within the last year, is
now. on exhibition at Virgins jewelrv
store, corner of Tenth and Chestnut
streets. 1t is six feet high, and has cost
$1,000. The plating and OF aments,
which are of silver, give very ornamental
and handsome appearance. But 4-10th
of its force has yet been used, and it reg
istered, with this small proportion, Is,
600 pounds to the square inch, which
Mr.. keeIy asserts is positively correct.
Mr.. Keely is at work at the motor daily,
at his shop, and intends to try it ut full
pressure The supposition is that he VIII
he able to reach 10000 pounds to the
square inch. For a long time he has, to
prove its practibility, been running a
ten-horse engine with his old machine at
his shop. All the time it has been kept
running the same water has been used,
the vapor being constantly dis5ipated
and then reproduced. This is the auto
NAUTICAL operation by which an engine
can be kept running for any length Of
time without a fresh supply OF water.
In a short time the new multiplication
will be completed when an exhibition
viii be made for the benefit Of those IN
terested, to which members Of the press
will be admitted, 80 that before long
public curiosity to know whether the
whole thing is a fizzie or not wall be
gratifed-PhHadclphid Bulletin.
HUMPTUIIPs is the name Of river
in WASHINGTON territory
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WARS AND RUMORs OF WARS.
Armed Men the Most Conspicuous FisEres
i'm the Worlds Arena.

The Peace Society has reason to be
profoundly dissatisfied with the present
aspect of affairs everywhere. For the
world is full of "wars and rumors OF
wars" Most important for the moment
is the general insurreetion in the Danu-
bian provinces of Turkey, which no man
can say may not lead to the long-expect-
ed conflict of nations which is to change
the face of Europe. In, Spain the
Carlist war drags It's weary length along,
the last report being that the Alfonsist
ring at Madrid has no desire to end it as
long as contracts are profitable. Yester-
| day 1t Was announced that there was
great confusion and excitement in Egypt
in consequence of preparations for the
military expedition to the Abyssinian
| frontier. Russia is engaged in hostilities
| against the khOkandI2ns, the result o.
which will, Of course, bring her many
| leagues nearer to the borders of India.
China has two actual wars on hand
one against the usurper of Kashgar il
the west, and the other against the bar
| barians of COrea who defy her authority
Then there Is the rebellion in CubG
| which exhibits signs of renewed activity
IN the coming autumn and winter cam
paign. As to the South American rev
olutiOns, and troubles with the indians
on our western plains, they are chronic
and need hardly be mentioned in thi
connection. For rumors of wars w
have one about England and China
another about England and Burmah
ndanOther about Englanda and the Kafii
tribes of Natal Poor Turkey, with he
hands full of belligerent Serbs, Bosnian
and Montenegrins, is threatened wit
another rising in Crete. And the Unite
States have a difficulty to settle wit
Tripoi. All this, it should be remen
bered, is Independent of the vast preps
ratians always making for a continents
war among the great powers of Europe
The armed man is still the most conspiC
uOus figure in human society, though
is now nearly 1900 years since the adven
: Of the Prince of Peace.-Ncl0 I0r
|
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DEATH OF A FAMOUS CHARACTER
Jean Vatican, the hero of Victor Hugo's
Lies Miserables," is dead. His real
name was Martin FoisemolIe, and he WAS
a native of the village of Yerves, in the
province Of Seine-et-Oise, in France. In
1912 he was sent to the galleys for life
for killing priest who seduced his wife,
and was pardoned in 1852, by Louis Ma
poleon, for displaying great heroism dur
ing the prevalence of cholera in 1859
After his pardon he went to Persia, and
made great fortune as a physician. A
few years ago ne returned to his native
village, and spent the remainder of his
days in amusing himself with children,
of whom he was very fond, and exhibit
ing his old convict dress to visitors. He
had no lack of admirers during his last
residence in France, for the French wor-
ship their heroes, especially when they
are rich or powerful
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How it Came About.


The OphiF mining stock was the, OBJ
iectiye p0int for the possession OF which
the rival kings of the bonanza were strug-
CLING Flood & O'Brien wanted Ophir
Is one of the most important links in a
chain of mines which they are determined
to have. To get Ophir, they must first
make Ralston let go of it, end to make
him or the bank of California let 90, they
must tighten up the money market; in
other words, put RalstOn's hands into a
wise and squeeze them hfitil he was COM
PEELED to drop the stocks he was clutch
ing 50 desperately. They brought every
trick and stratagem known to the I'M
scrupulous and cunning capitalists to
bear upon this process to make the bank
crowd unload Ophir. Having a bank of
their own with large capital, they used
thisas the princi pal bdtterihP-ram against
the bank of California. They loaned
money less freely. They flooded the
market with other mining stocks, running
the prices down so low that every one
could invest. Then they made their first
serious assault upon the bank of Cali
| fornia by Withdrawing nearly $4,000, 00O
! in coin deposited in it and locking it VI
on special deposit elsewhere. Thus Flood
& O'Brien kept on until they had sue
ceeded in locking up $7,O00,O00 in theiI
own vaults, $4,000, 900 more in the say
ings bank, and several millions more il
country. When this ten millions wa
securely locked up, Flood & O'Brien ha,
triumphed. Ophir went to the hamme
at ruinous rates, and fell into the hand
of the enemy. Then came the whispers
| a h 1,A Df IL
not able to redeem its deposits. The
one, ten, hundred depositors checks
out their money. The rush of excite
and alarmed depositors then began
Thousands rushed for their boards. TIL
bank could not get the gold to meet a
these demands on sight, because Flood I
O'Brien had locked the gold up securely
The other banks could not help, becaus
in the frightened money market they MUS
save themselves.-Ch Chicago Tribune.
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CURING Corn FODDER. L have heard
it said that it was almost or quite impos-
sible to cure fodder corn so that it would
come out in good condition for feeding in
the winter. But several Yeats eXpe-
rience has convinced me that such is not
the case. make a prictice Of growing
each year considerable more of this crop
than | want to feed green. For dry
FODDER | think it is one Of the cheapest
and best crops which can be grown on
the farm. If the land is made rich and
proper cultivation is given, a large
amount of the fodder cHn be produced
on an acre, and, as there is but little ex-
pense for seed and but little labor is re-
quired in its cultivation, it makes some
Of the cheapest fodder that can be Oh
tanned. Besides, the quality is very
good, indeed. Mixed with hay, it is very
nice food for cows giving milk, As it
combines these many eXcellencics, |
think it is a great object to grow this
crop; and | find no difficulty in curing
it. | cut it soon enough to get it we'll
dried before frost comes. For cutting |
use a common cOrn-knife. Do not put
it in large bundles, but spread it consid-
erably on the ground. Let it lie a day
or two, and if it does not seem pretty
dry turn it over and let it dry another
day. When it is well dried bind it up
and set it i'll stacks Of eight or ten bundles
each. These are allowed to stand in the
field until they are dry enough to pack
down, when they are drawn in and
moved away in the barn,
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Gone to Meet the Moon.

An inhabitant of MOntreuil, in France,
named Deverdon, lately invented para
chute. Mounted on his machine, he felt
confident, as did all his friends, that a
man might drop with safety from the
moon itself Anxious, above all things
that no jealous rival should steal his dis
covery, NJ. Deverdon resolved to make
his first trial of it by night time. Ac-
cordingly, he climbed the roof of his
house, posting three friends in the street
below. 1t was clear, but very windy.
The friends saw him on the roof, watched
him complete his preparations, and heard
him call out " Readyw At that moment
came a blast sharper than before. The
trees bowed and Creakcd, the witnesses
all chung closely to their head gear
Something dark was beheld for a second
flying overhead; the wind passed, and
the house roof was vacant. From this
instant NJ. Deverdon has been no more
seen of men. His parachute is supposed
to have been too successful. Not only
did it guarantee him against falling, but
it even lifted him in the air. Atpresent
they are dragging all the pools around
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CURE FOR SNAKE BITE.-Mr. Noah
Blazer informs us thai he recently had a
dog bitten in the nose by copPerhead
snake. The dogs head soon swclled to
twice its natural size, when he applied
lard to the place bitten, and held the
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Schenek's Pulmonic Syrup, f r The cure of
Consumption, COUGHS and Colds.

The g-eat virtue of tn 8 medacineis that it rpens
the matter ard throws il cut of lhesys EN-, pur hes
the blood, d .hus affects
SCHENCK SEA WE'D TONIC FOR THE CUCE OF
DYSPEPSIA, ISBIGFsrIoE, Ere.
The Tonic produces a healthy acton on the
t mach creating an 1petite forming chyle. and
curing The m Dst 0 estimate cases of indigestion.
SCHEECK's MANDRAKE PILLS. FOR THE CURE OF
LIVER COMPLAINT, Enc.
These Pills are Alternative and produce healthy
&C ion of The liver without the lea 81 dnnger. as
fh9y ere free fir IN caOmel and yet fiji &C GUS
in re, torinR a healthy action of he liver
The Eemed es are certain cure for ConSTmp
tiCn as the !ulmonic syrup riPens the matter and
purifies The blood 1h9 Mandrake pills act upon
be liver. crcste healthy bio, andr move all dis
eases of the lsvaf oft0n a cause OF Con imp ion.
he sea Weed Tonic gives tone ard Strene n
thestomaCh makes =, Oh digestion, and enables
the organ to fo m gond hlf Oh an thus creates
healthy circulation of healthy blood. The com
bined action of tn medicines as thus eXpluned
will cure every care of consumption. 81 ken in
time and the use OF The medicines pers9vered in.
Dr, SchenCk is Professionally at his principal of
fee corner sixth and NrCh Streets, Philade phia,
every ouday where all letters for ADVICE must he
addressed. Schenck'S medicines for sale by all
Dru Rlsts
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dog in the sun for short time. In two
days the dog entirely recovered; He says
he knew man who had been bitten by
a rattlesnake to be cured by two apPlica-
tions. The lard must be dried in by the
fire--Ohi0 EnQle.
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Hon. Joseph Farewell, Mayor of
Rockland Me, Isaac NJ. Bragg, Esq Bangor,
and Mes-rs. Pope BrCs, Machias, Me, lumber
merchants, fully endorred the Sheridan Cav
airy Condition Powders and have given IL g
proprietors liberty to use their names in rec
Commanding them.
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The New ! Eem!lnston

TIhe New Remington
Sewing Machine has
sprune rapidly into favor =
possessing the best combina
lion of good qualities, viz
Light running, moo h, noise
less. rapid, durable, with per
fectlOck stitch.
Il IA q shuttle Machine, wilt
automatic Drop Feed. DesiSf
b.auIiul and cJustruc lon INT
very best.
Remington No. ] Machin
for family use in the third
year of Its existence, has met
with a more rapid increase OF
ratio of sales than 6ny NC
chine on the market.
Remington No. 2 Mach ne.
for manufacturing and family
usa.-rsady for delivery only
since June, 1874, for range
p rfectiOn, and variety OF
WORK. is without a rival In
family or workshop
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THE most astonishing cure of chronic
diarrhea we ever heard of is that Of VIM.
Clark, Frankfort Mills, Waldo Co., Maine the
facts are attested by Ezra Treat, Upton Treat
ana NJ. A. Merrill, either Of whom might be
addressed for particulars. Mr.. Clark was
cured by JohnsOn's Anodyne Liniment.
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neously, con- aims no Sugar Lead or Sulphur. War
rantt d tarmless Has no bad odor. Easily PIP led
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strawberry, currant, and raspberry..leaves,
plantin, potato tubers, and sundry other
vegetable substances, but its preference
is the DOtatO
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THE SUTTEE.- case of suffice
lately occurred in very small village in
Lucknow, India. The following are the
details of the case: Having bathed and
dressed, the suffice went to the burning
place, accompanied by her relatives and
n number of low-caste Hindoos, who were
in charge of the dead body. Wood being
scarce, the funeral pile was in part cen
structed of other fuel, which was heaped
around the woman as she sat with the
head of her deceased husband in her lap.
The pile was then covered with straw,
her nephew handed the suffice lighted
torch, and in moment the whole mass
waS' On fire. The Chowkeydar and the
policeman, when they arrived, found
only heap of ashes. About thirty per-
sons, including the village headsman and
the wOman's relatives, have been COM
mitted to the sessions on the charge. of
having been directly or indirectly guilty
of murder.
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For All dIspaqes OF the Liver stomach and spleen
As remedy In NalRrious FcverH, Bowel ON
plants Dyspepsia. Mental Depression Hest ehs
ness. Iaundice. Nan ca. sick hehuaohet Sol'S
Constipation aud Billion moss
IT HAS NO EQUAI.
Jtcontails four rledical elements, never united
In the same happy proportion IN any other prepa
ration. viz: a gentle GHthaTtc, a wond rlul lonle
an unex septiOnable Alternative ana Certh'n tor
Tprtive of All impurities OF the body. ruch signal
succesg has attended its use that it Is regard
ed as the Great UntntlinE spscihc.
TESTIMONIAL
81 have never seen or tried such Fimple. EN-
caciOus satisfactory and peasant remedy In my
life ~ n HTiueT. ~. Louis. Mo
Hon ALEx n. STHPHESs.-'l occasionally use
Nheu my condition requires u. Or SimmoHa LILY
er Regulator. with good effect Hon. dicr. n
.StsThcytS.
Gov or AIABAMA.--' Your Regulator has been
ia use in my family for some time and am per
suhdtd 1t Is a valuable addition TO the med cal
science. ''-GOU, J. Gif SHORTER, Ala
" ] have useo the ReEu atur IN my family TOT
the seventeen can safely recon
mend 10 to the world as the best medicine have
ever Used 70 that class of diseases II purpmb 70
cure.''-H. r. ThtGpCp. -
PRNsIDEST or CITY BANK.-'Simmons' Liver
RCgu'at' has proved a good and ehcacous medl
cine &C. 4, Nutfin0.
DRUGGisT We have Iee1 acquainted with Dr
SimT.OES' Liver Medicine Tor more thhn 'WenV
Years and know IL to he he best Liver reg lR'or
OF red to the public ~, h. Lyon and ~. l..
LINN Be!letont aine, Ga.
was cured by simmons Liver Regulator, ~
ter having sun aT,d several years with Chills aud
Fever" n +. anderson
HECLERGY -" Ny " f. and self have used the
Regul AtOr for years and testify TO Its great viz
tues ..'-RcU J, Il. Feidcr Perry Ga.
LADIES IsDORSEA -' have given yOuI
medicine n thorough trial and In no case has u
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q hattahoochee, Fla.
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ACCORDING to observations made in
various parts of the country, the Col
orado pOtato-beetle has been seen to
feed on potatoes, tomatoes, egg plants,
nightshade, corn leaves, lambsquarter,
amaranthus, lettuce, cabbage, thistles,
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~@uEEAE And Morphine habit cured,
Opium Cure guar ntesd. Painless
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Ut Nnr0 Young Men to learn TeegraphinR. Per
WIN | fJU manent positions guaranteed Address
Pacific Telegraph Isl Main st ,Memphis, Team
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HUMPTULIPs is the name Of river
in Washington territory.
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Hey M ryelous Tricks " for 10 cts SIND for cat
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The g-est virtue of this medacineis that it rpens
the matter ard throws IL cut of hesys EN-, pur hes
the blood, d lhus affects cure
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n Oh day at home. samples worth s. sent
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