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qualifications which the Presidency demands.
Orson Pratt, who is favored by one party In
the Church, is said to be deficient in business
tact he is eminent rather in the Mormon phil
osophy than in Mormon politics and political
economy, and he has the credit OF Celebrating
and formulating the extraordinary system OF
materialism which distinguishes this creed
above all other inventions of modern tunes.
IL is to him that we are indebted for the cele-
brated discussion OF the question whether God
has legs. John Taylor, who has just been
confirmed in his position as head of the Quo
rum of Apostles, is naturally looked upon as a
candidate for the shoes that Brigham has just
cast off, inasmuch as he now stands IN the
shoes that Brigham filed after the death OF
Joseph Smith. Our Utah correspondent states
that, although Taylor has a strong party
among the older Mormons, he has little popu-
lar influence, and no money. That is not sur
prising, for he was one Of those who opposed
Brigham's assumption of the sovereignty in
1S47, and Brigham did not love him. a quar-
ter of a century ago John Taylor would have
been a dangerous competitor. He was fierce,
he was fanatical he was a bold preacher and
a Jealous missionary he hated the United
States Government, he made wild and extrav-
agant hymns for the Saints, and if the aureole
of the martyr did not actually surround ms
head, there was some of the true blood OF
martyrdom on one leg of his pantaloons For
he was imprisoned with Joseph Smith IN the
Jail at Carthage, Missouri, and wounded by the
same muskets which killed the Prophet. In
1850, Elder Taylor sustained public
debata IN Mormonlsm with three Eng
ish dissenting clergymen at Boulogne, in
France, and the discussion more or less
manged and abbreviated in the reporting, holds
a place in Mormon literature. 1t is poor
enough production on Taylor's part; but az
the editor does not allow the three ministers
to do any better, the Saints are able to regard
it with complacency. 1t is chiefly remarkable
for the Elders virtuous disavOwal of polygany
at time waen he had two wives living in
Utah.
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PERSONAL.

Mr. Moody is going to preach in Amherst Coz.
lege Hall next sunday.
Prof Simon Newcomb enters, this month,
upon the duty OF experimenting the Nautical Almanac
Prot j. III. {. Coffin having retired.
Mr. w. H. Herndon, once the law-partrer of
Abraham Lincoln attempted to suicide at Spring
field H., last Saturday BY taking audanum. lie is very
Ill in consequences.
The Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston, will de-
liver two OF his lectures" Does Death End Al e ana
"Iife or Mechanism, which pin the Simpson NJ +.
Church. Brooklyn, on October and IL.
President NJ. b. Anderson, of Rochester Uni
yersy, while be is still ILL., is OF danger. The Un'
versy must be content next term with very little caro-
from him. his physicians imperatiyely prescribe rest
Ex-GOv. JEWELS younger daughter, Miss
Florence Jewell is TO be married next month to MI W.
H. Strong young business Of Detroit. Mr. and MIS-
Jewell viii celebrate their silver wedding on the same
day.
Mr.. Atkinson, Miss Martineau's atheistic
friend has thousand OF letters and it Is hoped tha'
he will print Of them at least as her prohibition IN
regard to her letters lid extend to those In his posses
sion.
Gen. Butler entertained at dinner on Sunday
I'm Washngt, H. Mr.. Eyarts, ChetJusce Waite, MI hey,
Mr. McCrary and others Mr.. Waite aud MIR. Evar" sa'
respectively the right and left of the host MI E'Af
now In New-lork
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, apparently tired OF
waiting for compromises with tho possessors u n"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12

A little book is at hand, from the sharp pen of
Elzur Wright, widely known as an actuary and a
writer on life insurance. If the whole book were as
striking its title. it would probably be more in
demand than popular novel; rs it is named, Traps
Baited with Orphan or, What is the Matter with
Life Insurance" The preface and the titles to the
chapters also of the lurid kind Mr. Wright being
moved to inform his readers that he has been "ex-
"tensiyey used as sort ofstoopgeon in years gone
"by." He calls the present volume "a penitentia
labor" and proposes to let the public know" the
secret trouble of life insurance. We scarcely be
mistaken in thinking that have seen several eu-
sions from Mr. Wright which started off in an
equally promising way. They all ended, after q
OF less elaborate display of figures in leading
toward the moral which is very fully set forth in the
present volume. That moral is. that Mr.. Wright has
invented plan for life insurance which in some of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12

ity of Gambetta by this prosecution 1t may,
however, find that it has Only increased its
own perplexities. The veteran Journalist,
Emile de Girardn, has already condemned the
act AS a gross blunder, and reminded the
Government that he printed the Lille speech
in his paper, and was prepared to accept the
full responsibility of having done so. When
popular leaders adopt this tone, terrorism can
be of little avail.
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Inasmuch as Mr.. Tweed is to take the floor
again to-day, it is of interest to note the state
ment of Mr.. Cole, the counsel of the commit
tee who seems to be acting in this examina-
ton in the capacity of Mr.. Tweed's next friend
Mr. Cole mildly resents the charge that the in
vestigatiOn has been undertaken for partisan
purposes, and issues a general invitation to all
interested persons to suggest subjects OF IN
quiry. 1t will be easy to judge OF the
sincerity both of the committee and Its
counsel as the examination proceeds, and to
see whether their track is strewn with the
cOrpses of any but anh-Tammany regulations.
Meanwhile it is evident from the language OF
this statement that Tweed is in the committees
hands, and has, by no means, finished his
labors. The public will have no objection to
bIs continuing. He may not tell all he knows,
but good deal that he tells is likely to be
true
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amusemento amo alss!luos Go Night.

poorH's THEArRr-"Ia Petite Maree." Aimee
RRoADwAY THEATRE-" To- Danites.
BRYANT's OPERA HOUsE-Negr0 MiDStrcls;
EIcIE Tur NTRE-" The Ticket OF Leave NAN
IYCEtrM TuEArRE-" Under the WILLOWS
NIRIO's GARpEN-"Mild Flower OF MeAlco;,,
pam TgrATRE-" The Crushed Tragediau.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTE Is. ,
VNIoN SQUARE THEATRE.-"Pink Dominos'
NAIIACk's THEATRE" Robinson CrusOe'
AurptcAS ISsrfrUTE-Annual Fair.
CKEkDNOOr-Rf Matches.
GuMoRE's GkEDEN-COncert.
NEw-YogK AQUARlUM-Day anG Evening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12

The Rev. r. w. Dale, who arrived in this
city Yesterday, to deliver a series of theological
lectures at Yale, is fqvorably introduced to the
American public in our London letter on an
other page. As a co-laborer Of John Bright,
he is entitled TO a hearty welcome from our
people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12

New professors, new buildings and new
equipments for educational work are the order
of the day at Princeton. The Improvements
are largest in scientific departments of study,
and the facilities afforded by fine apparatus
and choice museum specimens must pave
the way to good work. There is rea-
son to hope that the College of New-Jersey
will keep even with the foremost universities
in these new branches of education, while not
negecting the older forms of instruction, in
which her title to success has been hitherto
more assured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12

The various clements IN the Democratic party o,
New-Jersey, which have tried to oppose themselves
to the aggressive strength Of the Hon. Leon Albeit
are dcmoralized to a degree which almost amount,
to panic. They are still fdgetng about to form
some combination against the Abbctt-McPherson al
lance but unless yesterdays conferences were mora
fruitful than the most sangune dared to hope, Mr..
Albeit will have a majority Of the delegates on tia
first ballot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12
Grslncss Aonees.

DYFING AND CLFANING.-Tale your dyeing
AID cleaning 10 The Ncw.York Dyeing and Printing Esiab
hm"nf o. name ST. ? broadway and 81 Gthrye3 ~ "
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12

The dissemination throughout the State of a few
sedatyc and tranquilzing essays from the Literary
Bureau portrayiDg the sweet influences Of thar
mony within the party would now crafty very
positive and definite yearning of the rural Demo
cratic editor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12

II would not be inopportune for Republicans in
Ohio and elsewhere to read aloud, and with proper
emphasis, some of last years campaign Oratory
They would then discover what an abandoned and
unpatriotc lot the Democrats had proved them
selves, by opposing that beneiicent Republican
measure the Resumption Act.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12

its details is new, and "the matter with" the CON-
panies is that they have have not adopted his plan
The consolation he offers TO the public, Is that hi,
plan will be used by new company which he call,
a Family Bank. Perhaps the plan has all the merit,
Mr. Wright claims for it, and we should be loath 10
dispute his disinterestedness. Yet IL any other
friend of ours should push forward Family BanSy
in similar way, we would be tempted 10 suspect
that he had an axe to grind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12

If the division of parties in the Democratic
State Convention should be the same as that
in the State Committee yesterday, the same
faction that has met with ahree successive
defeats would now be moving to its fourth.
The vote yesterday as between Albany and
Syracuse, is almost strictly TIlden and anti
Tiden vote, and the anti-Tllden vote Is as
usual much the smaller. But this is not much
of a sign. The state Committee was organized
last wear when MIR. T1lden had been nominated
for President and was in supreme control
Of the party organization, and this
vote simply means that the great revolt
against the Tiden- Robinson regime, OF
which the anti-Tilden newspapers have
made SO much, have had 10 effect upon the
state Committee. 1t does not prove that
this wing OF the party may not carry
the State Convention. though it is notice
able that thus far there have been no con-
spicuous additions to its ranks of which
the public has been Informed. So far only
the same heads have appeared that have
been so badly hit every year since 1874. If
the great army, which the anti-Tilden news
papers have marshaed behind this motley
band of leaders, should turn out, after all, to be
mere men in buckram, the ant-1ilden branch
of the Democratic party Of this State will GER
tainly go down to history as one of the
noisiest and most insignificant factions that
ever vexed the universal ear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12

The Wisconsin Republican platform, adopted
yesterday, illustrates, in the plank on Presi-
dent Hayess treatment of the South, the con-
fusion of ideas which Gen. Grants Admins
tratiOn created with reference to the attitude
of the Federal Government toward the States.
1t refrains from approving or condemning the
Presidents course, but while expressing the
hope that it will be successful, makes stern
demand that if the Southern people should
not fulfil their pledges, strict measures OF
some kind OF other should be taken What the
measures were TO be, the convention did not say
whether to put Packard and Chamberlain
back, or to ill all the Southern State Houses
with troops. The conventions and politicians
will learn after while that the South Carolina
and Louisiana questions are very much like eases
that have been decided by the highest court
of appeal. They are closed, and cannot be
reOpened.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12
TIE YEWS THIS MORNING.

WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER -. 1877.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12

Mr.. Cox has been talking ant-subsidY to
somebody, as if he really meant it, Perhaps
he did, but if he knew that the person to
whom he coniided his words intended to pub
lsh them, he has shown courage of a kind
quite novel in the candidate of the period for
the Speakership. If Mr.. COX's record against
subsidies is what he says it is, he deserves
credit for 1t, and credit also for venturing to
speak of it above his breath, in the face of the
solid vote of the South. Possibly some expla-
nation of his frankness may be found in the
fact that he says nothing of getting votes from
the South, and politicians are quite brave
about offending people from whom they expect
nothing. But he cannot be elected without
Southern votes, and the chances are that. In
side of twenty-four hours, Mr.. Cox will rise up
TO disavOw Mr.. Cox.
The severe sentence recorded against Gam
beta Is discroditable to French justice. From
the first, the Administration was determined to
ensnare him in the meshes of the law. The
Ministers, or their plant tools, tortured the
meaning of his words at Lille, denied him a
Jury trial, and cited him before tribunal
in Paris, sitting with closed doors.
Finding the Court thus organized to
convict the Republican leader was con-
strained to let it do its worst. The Govern
ment, of course. calculates that it has i'm
saired the influence and weakened the author
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-12
Aerp'9Qork OaiIu Grlb1la1e

FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31
The Result of A Love Powder

William McManus imagined that the fair
young thing whom he loved did not re-
ciprocate his affections with precisely that
degree of ardor which seemed to him es-
sential to the perfection of his bliss. Hav-
ing faith therefore, in the action of chem
icals upon the immortal soul, he procured
from female seer formula from which
he could have a love powder compounded
The apothecary to whome he applied for
the material was suspicious and jocuar;
therefore he merely supplied the solicitous
McManus with an ounce of tartar emetic.
That evening. William asked his only,
only one to partake OF oysters at a restau-
rant. While her back was turned he plac-
ed the love powder among the refresh.
ments. There was joy and peace for a
few moments. Suddenly however, the OBJ
ject of Mr.. Nc Manus's longings rose hast
lily, rushed into adjoining, room and
displayed serious evidence of the powerful
effect of tartar emetic. Then William cal
led cab, and took her home, and told
here about the powder, and tried to
explain that there must have been some
mistake. Then she said she hated him,
and if he came round to see her again she
would set the dog on him. and the next
morning her elder brother called, and
fRmbled a while among Williams hair,
then they arrested him for attempting
murder by poison, and he was in prison
six months before he was tried and ac-
quilted. Doctors and lawyers fees, and
other expenses amounted to about two
thousands dollars, not counting shattered
hopes and bliehted affection. the loss in
which can only be estimated in millions.
He now considers the science of chemistry
deplorable failure.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31
Some of the Giants.
SOME or THE "IALLEsr' STORIES YET.

SOME OF THE "TALLEsr" STORIES YET.
In d memoir read before the Academy Of
Sciences at Houen, NJ lie Cat gives tie
following account Of giants that are said 10
have existed in different ages
''Protane historians have given seven
feet of height TO Hercules. the first hero
aud In our day. we have seen men ei1ht
feet high The giant who was shown 10
Rouen in 1854 measured eight feet some
inches. The Emperor MaXiminus was Of
that size. Sheneus and Platerus, phy>i-
Clans OF the last century, saw several Of
that stature, and llorepus saw a giri who
was ten feet high The body of Ortes. ac-
cordug TO the Greeks. was eleven feet ana
a half; the giant Galbara brought from
Arabia to Rome under Claudius CG ar
was near ten ieet high: and the bon ~
Secondrilla and Pusio, keepers of tn . H.
dens OF Sallust. We're but six inches shorter
Funnam, Scotchman, who lived in the
time OF Eugene Second. Ring of Scotland
measured eleven feet and half and Ja-
cob lie Maire, IN his voyage to the Straits
OF Magellan, reports that on the 18th Of
December. 1915, they found at Port Desire
several graves covered with stones, and
having the curiosity to remove the stones,
they discovered human skeletons ten and
eleven feet long. The Chevaier Scory in
his voyage To the Peak of Teneritfe says
they found in one Of the sepulchral cav
erns in that mountain the head OF a
Guanche which had eighty teeth, and that
the body was not less than fifteen feet
long. The Ferragus. slain by Orlando,
nephew OF Charlemagne, was eighteen feet
high. Roland, a celebrated anatomist who
wrote in 1914, says that some years before
there was 10 be seen in the supurbs of St.
Germain the tomb OF the great giant Iscret.
who was twenty feet high, In Rouen, in
1900, in digging the ditches near the Dom
inicans, they found stone tomb contain
ing a skeleton whose skull held bushel OF
corn, and whose shlnbone reached up
to the girdle of the talest man there, and
consequently the body must have been sew
enteen or eighteen feet high. Upon the
tomb was plate of copper whereon was
engraved: In this tomb lies the noble
and pulssant lord, the Chevalier Rcon de
Vallement and his bones Platerus, a IA
nous physician. declares that he saw at
Lucerne the body of man which must
have been at least nineteen feet high
Valance of Dauphiny, boasts OF possess
ing the bones of the giant. tyrant of the
Vivaries, who was slain with an arrow by
the Count of Cabillon, his vassal The
Dominicans had part of the shin-b bone,
with the articulation of his knee and his
finger painted in fresco, with an inscrip-
ton showing that the giant was twenty
two and half feet high, and that his bones
were found in l705, near the banks of the
Morderl. little river near the foot of the
mountain of Crusal, upon which (tradi-
tion says) the giant dwelt.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31
The Perlls OF Luck in the Black Hills.

The most prosperous treasure-hunter' -
tuc n,,-,- frrN- I'vtmapN, nave ueeu 1t
party known as the Wheeler brothers, who
last summer took out from their claim on
Deadwood Such an immense quantity of
gold-dust. and IN the Fall carried it to
Philadelphia to be coined. The perils at
tending their accumulation OF the metal
aud its removal are thu, graphically des-
crbed by the Greeley Tribune;
Every day for many weeks they washed
out large amounts OF gold. which they se-
GREETED in various ways, hiding ID in the
earth, floor OF their cabin, etc. 5000 was
tor Two months kept in the bottom of Il
sack OF -four, which stood open a for use.
Many much larger amounts were secretrd
in this ipg cabin, which the miners aud
roughS were allowed to enter freely. Dur
Ing the last two month. two of the COM
pAny were in the cabin all the time, day
and night
They lett Deadwood for the East. Sep
tembrr 10, taking with them guard OF III
teen civilians armed To tine teeth On the
morning oI starting Wheeler heard that Il
dozen armed rutiiaus had secretly lrf. the
settlement. Two hardlooking men made
some excuse tor accompanying them, and
one was ANXIOUS to trade tor Wheeler'S
lue repeating rifle. He was told that
there was a particular use for that gun.
The two men soon disappeared over hill.
in search of game"
A little distance out the advance guard
reported two men on prominence taking
a general survey.
Some hours later. in a place where the
road goes through a depression and i,
lined on each side by large trees, the party
found twelve men awaiting them, who,
when they saw how well their iltended
prey was armed made no attack, but teld
a story about having been attacked by In
dians. The party reached Cheyenne in
safety with their gold. and putting their
treasures in satchels. took the train for Phil
adelpha. The weight of the gold in satch.
ell carried by one OF the men caused the
handles to snap off, and the man carried
the precious burden on his shoulders across
Chicago. He declared he would not do il
again for 1t. Wheeler does not advise
folks to 20 to the Hills unless they know
what they are to do, or have money. Ii is
difficult for inexperienced men to get work
in the mines.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31

up. and 10 out as other suns are known
to have done, In this case, the intense
heat of the colossal conflagration would
destroy everything on the earth, and per-
haps even vaporize the earth itself. Should
this event occur (6) the last man totU BE-
burned up.
Or the sun may cool down. The gla-
cial zones would thus enlarge, the race
will be crowded nearer and nearer TO the
equator, by the encroachng glaciers com-
ing from the poles. The small space will
no longer support the life upon it, and in
the terrible struggle for existence only the
fittest will of course survive. Finally, af-
ter the earth becomes covered with the
vast ice sheet, man with wonderful cap
acity of adaptation to surrounding circ1m-
stances will probably subsist for a cer-
tain period but in the end the constantly
augmentng coldness will assert itself, and
thus eventualIy( )the last man be frozen %
death.
II has been suggested that the cooling
OF the earth will lead 10 the production of
immense assures in its crust similar to
those already visible in the moon. The
surface of the earth would thus be render
ed extremely unstable, while the dwelers
thereon for safety would be compelled TO
take refuge In caves Ii is possible that
the troglodytlc remnant OF the race might
meet its fate in some great cataclysm or
eruption, and hence it is sssumable that
(s)the last man 'rW be crushed IN some sub
terrdnsdH cdrern.
Or sspposing that the people adapted
themselves TO their surroundings and
managed to live on the surface. until the
time when the earth becomes SO cracked
and broken that. as predicted, it falls apart
flying OF in fragments ints space. Possi-
bly, part may exist large enough to pre-
serve its atmosphere. 1t may either be
satellite of the first larger body within
whose sphere Of attraction it may come:
or it may fall into another world. In such
case l9) the last man riU be killed by the
crash n Jrbs; but If he is not, and no one
can tell 10 what extremes Of resistance
the race may develop, he will become an
inhabitant OF an new world. Evolution
does not necessarily imply progress, and
possibly the race may have retrograded
until the human being possesses the nature
ot the plant house; such being the case,
this single inhabitant will spontaneously
produce posterity Of both seXses \ new
racr 81 men viii begin. to continue ai
nfnitum Hence (l0) there ,riH be no last
mIH.-. Scientific American.