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Photographic Law.
New York Times.l

New York Times.l
A Brooklyn photographer lately ap-
peared in court bearing with him seveb-
teen separate negatives each purpOlung
TO be the portrait of one and the same
Young lady. She had come to his Oper
ating room and desired to be photo
graphed. The photographer applaudsd
her design, and promised to do full just
ice 10 her charming features He place
her 10 his chair, inserted the prongs OF
the "besd-Test" 10 her hack hair, "a
questet her to contemplate Eith rsp'ur-
Gus admission tIG Optical U8i, which
photographers pin upon the wal TO catch
the eyes of their patients. and then IN
coTked his camera. Whether the young
lady smiled too soon and thus impressed
upon her negative series OF concentnc
but entirely useless mouths, or whether
she suddenly thought OF hated rival,
and was thus betrayed into an unintsn.
tional wriggle whereby the negative
was made to bear the image Of broad
but nebulOus maiden with features
drawn out into horizontal lines, and
with expansive hands furnished with
dozens Of faint and fat figures, We are
not told. When, however, the photo
gIapher emf rged from the dark closet
wherein be had poured out libations OF
nitrate OF silver to the sun god, be
brought with him picture which was
found Unsatisfactory" and was com
PEELED to offer to take q new one which
should be more like the sitter, and less
like a view of the nebuls in Orion
Seventeen successive attempts did thiE
patient photographer make to fix the
features OF his far visitor upon the SEN
sitive pate. Each time the result wa'
alleged 20 be failure. There Was toe
little nose in one picture. In another
an excess Of nose b, Titled the other fea'
lures by contrast. In this one the eyes
were lacking in EXPIRE sion; in that, tue
mouth was out of drawing. Many OF
the pic uces failed to do Justice [" INC
lady,s chin, while others wore an air oi
helpless resignation to the phc t2ersPh-
as exneriments which would have
drawn IS ollie of derisiOn from the Sc
vsrest NJ Cheshire cats. Atlea { we may
snnnose that such were the complaints
male by the young lady as she rejected
ZACH successive picture. When the sew
enteenth had been submitted aud re-
jected, the long -sufferIBg pho ograE her
declined to spend the rest OF
his life and chemicals upon 60
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Mr.. james LiCs's selection Of Mount
Hamilton, iu SaLfa CIs-a county, Cali
f.Euia, as tie place % put his o0serva-
cory and great Telescope makes this de-
scripti0U the mountain, 10y tEa san
joe Mercury, Interesting: M unit
Hamilton lie four thousand four huudred
a4u thuty-eixht feet high. The gu IL
mit is higher than any land within Ii V
M. e., aud consequently b-i0w the level
OF the plane Of the observatory, which,
. IN an astronomical point OF view, IS the
tssideratum sought. The beautiful val-
les o. tus san jose, the snowy e of
The Sierra N-vaIss, and q b, uudl sss
ar. Of mountain scenery, are Ia Lhel
scoops OF vision, aud the elevation Is sol
high as to be above the !Og5 Of SUMMER
-ua is not go high Is 90 be much djs1
tIrbsd by the ssJrms If winter. Thd
party that ssCeLded tbs mountain on
Sunday last had magnificent view al
CO grand old Pac h3, while the zsttiusl
# he sun almost bsWi.dered them III
ijs gorgeOusue-s. The TO d viI one. NJ
q riC1 territory Of agricultural / NOS III
side furnishing one Of the most daI 'yIt j
iul sud romantic drives Ia the IN "a
States" 20
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Messages Under the Sea

Boston deTalu.l
He 1.-THE ocean telegraph OPERATOR
taps the "key" as in a land telegraph,
only it ia q double key. 1t has two
levers and knobs instead of one. The
alphabet used is substantially the same rs
the Morse alphabtt-that is, the differ
ent letters are represented by COM
bination Of dashes and dots. For in
stance-suppose you want to write the
word "boy." Itwou'd read like this: A.
-" b is one dash and
three dots; o three dsshes, and Y, one
dash, one dot and three dsshes. Now,
ia the land telegraph, the dashes and
dots would appear on the strip OF paper
on the other end of the line, which is
unwound from q cylinder, and perfer-
sted by s pin at the eud OF the bar or
armature. If the operator could read by
sauud, we would dispense with the strip
of paper, and read the mess age by the
"clickn OF the armRture IS II Is pulled
down and let 20 by the electric magnet.
The cable operator, however, mas neither
of these advantages. There is no paper
to perforste, no "clickn OF the armaIure,
no srmature to ''click." The message Is
read by means ofs moving flash of light
upon 8 polished scale produced by the
DETECTION of a very small mirror placed
in "mirroT galvenometeT." When Is
q small brass cylinder two or three
inches In diameter, shaped ike spool
or bobbin, corr posed OF several hundred
tons of very small wire wound with silk
10 keen the metal lTUm coming In con-
tact, 1t is wound or coiled exactly like
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HOW TO PREVENT cRIME

Lori Ao,rdzre, one 81 the abisst
members Of Glad.tlne's cabinet, re-
Gently delivered an address before the
Social Science congress Of England
hIs theme being the subject Of Crime"
Ia the course Of 1t he proved from sta
5stcs from official sources, that CT me-
Vas lsrgely on the increase in Eug and,
and $3.50 red that il was due almost 81
togetnlr % the OyercroBiing Of people
Iu .a-a Giles, in lanes, alleys and court
thsi rocked with filth, Life In which he
came indispensable without the aid r
stimu'suts, indulgence IL which b.ss,
drunkenness, which in time begat pau
Versm sud crime. His "lortship' was
very clear in his statements, and
supported them with an array Of
figures that strengthened snd
fortified his position and deductions TO
tue satisfaction Of all who heard biz!
To remedy this deplorable state Of
things he relies upon public education
He says what has long been admitted
IN the ULlted States and acted upon IN
q liberal spirit Jy all wel-orgsnizsG
communities and States, that "a good
education, ia the largest &c Sc Of tina,
elastic word, is at once the best instru-
ment Of success Ia life ald the stronges,
security against vice and crime. While
ueqlectiug 10 precautiOI, while at
lacking the great citadel OF crime Cd
every side sud with every weapon, our
most .surud hope OF success must ever
rest Up1n the iuCrsss d morality aud
manly Intelligence Of cur people. No
that T venture ID dream % a Utopis
fr.no which crime shall have disap
gesred. We may imi rove, We cannon
radically charge our human nature
Aud The moral would draw from ID e
history Of the psst and The picture o.
the present i not that we SHOULD coz
tentedly and lazily acquiesce in toe
present state OF things, 81 be-
ing about the best which human
means and human efforts can. at
Tain, but that, gathering confidence
fOm pat experience, We should extenc
Aho enlarge those direct agencies which
nave 6tea successfully tiled, and enter
lo'oiu 0eiy upon those new and indirect
FnA which are opening around us with
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A DIUX TEMPS.


Yes, this Is our dance, this waltz from the
What is that YOU are sayiug-
You thought was playing
You faIsI " TIA this waltz, this dance from the
Duchess
You thought had rather be sitting and talk
wito that little M'vsnners
There IN 'er tue banners,
Or f. may De, perhaps, n the corridor walk
ing,
Instead ofrememberiug this dance here with
in dance rom the Duchess,
The lovely Grand Duchess
The sweetest det,r te5nps' An, " you but
k CIV s.rl
How IoJe % the Du he s. with It's glidiul
and IdiuE
Sof u easure for measure,
You'd ow from such ? essurs
My feet would new 90 strayin OF hiding.
What Is that?-y You might have known it wal
rils special s reet measure,
The dance, not TIE pleasure
OF dancing with you he.e2 Well, really
you nearly
Persuaded me. sir, that such tras the reason
Aud I'm sure 1 would iain, sir,
IL you g. on lu his 4 AIN. sir,
Walk and TAX with MMsnners TO the end o
the season.
And to the end OF my life too, perhaps, is m!
meaning
We'll, no; for MMauners
There, under the banners,
Just when We encountered you waiting ant
leaning
Against the bay-wIudow, had confessed a re
ldtiUn
guessed days ago
Hi engagement, you know,
70 that little. OW, Harry, don't kiss me be
fore all creation.
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a bundle OF new rope, small hole being
leit In the middle about tue size OF a
common wooden pencil. In the center
of this il suspended a very thin, delicate
mirror about 80 large as a kernel OF com
with a COrrespOndiDgly small magnet
rigiGly at acned 10 the back OF II. The
whole weighs cut little more thRn a
grtbs, and Is su -psrdei 10y = sing Z fiber
OF silk, much smsl G, tnan a human
hsir ADD almost Invisible. a narrow
/ horizontal scae Is placed within n
darkened box two or three feet in front
Of tue mirror, q narrow EltJ Ceing cut IN
tue center Of the scale 10 allow ray OF
hight To shine upon the mirror from a
! lsmp placed behind said scale, the little
mirror il tugu pfi-c,ins the light back
upon the scale. This -Iot OF light upon
| the scale Is The index by which all me-
| ssges STe reSd. = he angle through which
| the ray moves is double that tfaversed
/ by ths mirror Itself, sud it Is, therefore,
really equivGl sut To al index four or six
| feet in length, Wilhou. We ght. To the
| casual observer there Is nothing but u
| thin ray Of light, dsrtiUg TO the right
! and lefC with Irregular rapidityi but t.
/ the Trained eye OF the opsr1 tor every
| fl ash is replsts with intelligence. Thus
| che word "OOy,n 8lre8dy alluded 10, wOuld
| be read in this way: One fash to the
/ right and three II the left i d. Three
/ to the right j. O. Ose to the right,
one to III left, and two more to the
right is Y, and 30 on. Long sud con-
slant practice makes the operations
| wond arfu ly expert In their profession,
and enables III N tDTead fcom the mirror
as readily and as accurately as from. q
| neNspaper.
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The Egy-plIan RooL Of the Dead.

TIE ~, p Iau Book Of The Dead, OF
Funeral Ritual, contains, probably, the
d-sU EXISTING record OF the faith of
man in the i'm no tality of the soul Its
chapters are found on mummy cases or
VriJtsn on the rolls OF pzpyIus within
them. The book recounIs the experi-
-uCe Of tue soul after death from its
Dzs. age acr As the land Of darkness into
he o e--ed fields, 10 its final Judgment
aud admission in TO the presence Of it's
Father IL the eternal ''dwt ling place OF
toe prepared spirit The following
nsss,ges snow its express declaration OF
q fnlure life: 1.-THE Osiris (the soul) lives
sitter he dies; the osiris rel 'ices "ith
me a. they rejoice" 30 God, the pro
ector OF him who brought his cry 10
Thee, ne is Thine, let hin have r7o
bsrm; let him be us one Of Toy flying
ervants! Thou art hei be ts Thou
Make II well with him il the world OF
snIritsV' 1t is supposed that the BOOK
of I6e Dead had its origin two thousand
wears before the birth OF Christ.
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uETHODISTs AND EPIsCOPALIASs


Uniiug churches seems to be prJD.
lem as difficult to solve IS the mixing OF
oil aud wster. The effort is "like the
pursuit Of knowledge under difficulties.'
The various Presbyterian denominations
nave made many efforts to unite, but
they are still divided by Earring, sntsgO-
nistc factions. The breach made in
the Methodist church seems TO be inn
passsble. Politically, the American peO-
pie have buried out of sight forever tht
passions engendered by the war, and
have resolved that no sectional hat
| shall dishgure our country, and that thu
glory and prosperity of one section shall
Os that Of all sections. The future unity
and harmony Of the country may nov
be considered as Secured. The people o.
tue south are ObIviOus to all past differ
ences, ana are attached to the Union
add the constitution with unalloyed de
v),iOn. The north has ma Infested B
readiness to g rssp every fraternsl hand,
and to unite with all sections in pro-
noting the glory, grandeur and prosper
i.y OF common country. But charity,
patriotism and chris. ian unity have not
Jet been able to put TO shame the bitter
hatreds which prevent the union OF the
Methodist churches. The Baptist de-
domination has made an effort ID unite,
ou! the same immOvsbfe bigotry has
parslyzed the movement. And now an
.ttempt has been made to bring together
the Methodists and the Episcopslians.
The discussion between these two de-
nominations relative to reunion
groWs in interest as il progresses, ana II
attracting gen eral attention. Men q
enlarged views are becoming weary OF
systems based on fragments Of truth.
An army di Oided into fragments and
tactics is wholly and entirely
worthless, and the great army Of chris.
uani,y dijointed, divided and subdi-
vide d, is weakened jus. in proportion &c
the number Of dissenting factions. Lit
tie squads are powerless, but when
u,aited they become an impregnable
phslanK. Verify is it true that in unity
there is strength. No cause can con-
quer which is made up of disconnected
-traggIe,s. The religious world will
Ra-ch with much interest this sttemp
o reuDite the two great Methodist and
Epi1copal churches. The Caicago TIL
b1fnc fsvors the movement, because the
-wO denominations are mother and
daughter, and that ought no Longer
20 dwell apart, having the same habits
ceilings, bs lief5 and modes Of thought
and wOrsh ip.
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something to Read on Sundays.

Atlanta CONSTITUTIONAL
The wnole family climbed out OF the
WI gon and went into the Atlanta bCok
store. They wee father, mother, and 3
sixteen year old daughter.
mister, we want ter sortsr git some
thin good o read Cd Sunday, which Is
powerful lonesome in the country"
''Shali be glad n serve you, cir.
What will the ladies like?"
WHAT dye want, SOty?
"I'd CHOOSE sOmethlnN bout the new
fashions, paW
"Of kOsrse, 1 mOueht e knOw'd that
Kin yCu fix her out"
sob yes,u replied tine stOrekeepeT
'wa nav here Cooley, Leslie, Harper's
Bazar, Peterson, DemOreSt, AID Lumer-
Gus other mf ga1ines.'
Cody? Wy y,u don't tel me he
live an tigurIn' Oul fashions yet, do ye?"
cried the old mao.
"Ob, yes?' was the reply.
"Wel, centennial snakes and cIoss-
barred breeches! Wy, OLE CONAN, don't
ye mind ye thet we he'd gu" wetdip'
close fixed up arter his plau? Cody
kOars, Sofy, veil take Cody, AID pn
bet the bob-tailed mule 81 the bIack
sh0at that what be ssz is the fashion
can't be discounted "
What will your wife like?" asked
the merchant, as the old man paid for
the magazine.
"SOme,hin' that's got good church
re .dia' in it-some religious paper, Ell ye
please" replied the OF lady.
"Here il the best we have-the Chris
tian at Work
"hoId up, thar! Is tibet got any oi
ihet Beecher an Tuting bizless, in it?''
"None o. yer bizness, aryhow! S'pose
there is?" fred up The cid lady.
"'Taint, hey !!
mo, faint! Sos it's church readin' it
don't bother you, sir; so dry upw
"WeIl, mebbe that's so; all what
read don't bother you too? All right,
mister; just hand me out ha f dozen
Illustrated papers full Of pictures Of legs
with striped stockings on an fifty
dollar carriers, and"
TIE old lady chucked the Christian at
Work under the table, grabbed the ulu
msu by the ear, and if he had wOTD
striped stockings, about eleven inches
Of them would have been seea between
the tops of his shoes and the bottoms OF
his pants legs, as she made him walk
spanish out to the wagon
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difficult a subject, snd vet 10
in y to obtain some compeuss lOu for
his astsd time and CAPT II. The de-
c'sion in this case will be OF much To-
t-fesi L persons ahnu Ca be Photograph
ID That r ,oes- 1t present. MT .f-e-
quently III only 10 veX 'tlaH OF sprr
as la at -ftct0ry lkeue 10 not oa-
tanned after JWp n teTe- r.a.s The SUI
fer. u4c,r AN OF the law and uuHII'-
Ing 90 Incur the N Jh-r soOIn %, tn
photograph a ,. EsOu, wholly devOIf
both If good taste and OTiiI airy eye
sight, rO1agUts TO aece Z the
lea,t obj ciOu a0le ueE at V, and Il Us
b C. me he pnss-ssor 81 s. collection
phCt lgraph- capsule Of gtvli g pleasure
L the owners Interest raeLIy, aui III
Isily unavailable for any other purpose.
SIUuld iJ be decided iB the Bro. kiyH
case inst e photographed who has once
u derjaken TO produce satisfactory
p ItT,i can b. compelled ID IaaEe goo.
his prom Sc, even IL il takes a hundred
sitting-, ne path # his patrons Wa. d.
plain. No man or woman vi hence
forth be compelled o hide in secret
drawer, ar to Commit 10 midnight ash
| baue =, pbCt grsphs which sre mis-
cry To the owner, and which csnuGt be
| given away, except with view Of IN.
/ III ting the recipient.
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The Paris correspondent Of the Lon
don Telegraph gives the following de-
'isiOn ~ t. the law on this subject ia the
French republic: In all countries the
,lght o. priv legs Of gieAnIrg is fruit
'ul souEos OF dispute. Poor folk must
appeal 20 holy writ for their charter in
England; but in France, hencefOrth,
hey Can rely upon the court Of cassa-
lob. Thus the, Law is Laid down: "A
landowner ms.y not turn sheep into his
held until TWO days after the harvest
snal nave bee u gsrnered, so as 10 allow
the cleaners fficient time for the ex-
-rci7e OF their nghts. II proprietor OF
farmer have the right, so long as his
ne.o Is not wholly Teaped, to pick up
Tor his own profit &, aTs Of wheat dropped
oy the harI estmen, he has no power 60
cede that right to other persons, even
though it be done in charity, seeing
hat the Pc or.wOuld thus be deprived of
resources = hich the humanity OF the
isw has resi- rived for them" Any mu.
u'cipal TeEu l. ton to the contrary will
not be uph ED before the tribunals. s.
.hd great qu estion OF cleaning lie settled
'OTevaT in + rance
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THE UNITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY

II is 10 doubt true that the money
power Of New YORK secured the defeat
OF Governor Allen and the Democracy
of OHIO This TACT has caused much bit
terDess among the Democracy Of Ohio
and other States. Some have even
threatened to avenge themselves by bolt
ing the regular ticket, and defeating the
nomination Of Governor Tilden, or sny
other Democrat sustained by the same
money power which defeated Governor
Allen. The southern Democracy does
not sympathize with thf spirit of dis
cord aud resentment. Anxious as were
the southern Democrats for the election
Of Governor Allen, they are still more
anxious Tor the defeat Of Rsdicalism in
1876, and they will pretsrmit all other
issues 70 secure his paramount object
Indeed, We see 10 cause for division
among Democrats on the currency ques-
ton. They are ag1e IS 10 what con-
stitutes 3 Constitution al currency, and
that the Radical congress had no con-
stitutional right to make any peculiar
paper q legal tender, equal to gold and
silver coin. There is but little difference
among Democrats g. 10 the amount Of
currency that should be in circuls-
ton. The Ohio and Pennsylvania
Democrat "ResolUed, That We demand
that the volume Of money be ma e and
kept equal 10 me wants OF trade, leaving
the r. ration OF legal-tenders II pay
On guIi, TO be bro. t about by promo
Il the industries OF the people, snu
not destroying them" There is no il.
falign ia this demand. Ought rot the
volume Of currency to be equal 10 the
Wal is OF trade? The Democratic party
hss ever maintained, and do now, thai
gold and I'll yer is the only basis Of ciTcu-
lstiOD. But there is some division as 10
the pIopriety Of forcing resumption in
1879 OF any other specified time. Blu
all are for resumption when the indu.
tries OF the uutFy will permit il to b.
doe The volume o. money should st
all times be sufficient Tor the demands of
trade, and the vIIume should be con-
tracted when it will not interfere with
the business Of the country. There is
no division among Democrats as 10
worthless emissions Of new tangled
notes, bat only as to the policy Of
contraction and gold resumption,
while hundreds Of. thousands Of
men are thrown out OF employ
ment and business is depressed
throughout the country. These divis- |
ions are simply questions Of policy and |
eXpediency, aud they will be harmon
iz-d ~ the National Democratic con-
veuu0n. The great mission Of the Dem |
Ucratic party is to drive Radicalism
nom power and bring back into opera |
tive efficiency the perverted and pros /
trate principles OF the constitution. Let |
Demo rats sgree TO disagree a. to the |
policy Of iufiation, c)ntr action snd spe-
Gle payments, out let u also agree e.
be united IS to preserving the unity OF
the Democratic party and in defeating
garrgTf Radical SIN
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Names of COnnties.

In looking oV, an Cfficial iist Of the
COMMITTEES in the United States, says an
exchange. some iutert stjug facts are de-
veIoped. There are in all IA counties.
The letter most largely repre- snted in
the naming Of these cTunte3 is ;; the
next NJ, and the next c. More cOuntie 5
are nsnled after Washir gton than any
other President Of the United States, the
uuInber being 20. The names Of the
other Presidents as represented by cOun-
tiss occur rs follows: Jefferson, %; Jack
son, 81; Madison, 10; Monroe, IS; Lin
coin, II; Grant and Polk, II each; john
son, II; Harrison, 8; Adsnns, s; Taylor,
4; Vac BTen, 4; Pierce, 4; Buct snsR,
3, and Fillmore and T. Ter, 2 esch. In
many cases, however, in the above list,
counties were not named after the Pres
Idents, bot the selection Of a name was
influenced by local considerations.
There are q counties nsmed after
Franklin, 10 after COlfsX, IL after Ma
riou. 2 after Fremont, after Greeley, !
after Hendricks, after Benton and
Boone, 8 after Cass, Marshall and Put
! am, IA fer Carroll, ii after Douglas,
AND is after Montgomery. The names
of almost all of the revolutionary he
roes, except Arnold, are represented in
the list,