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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-22
RIGHT AND WRONG IN LIFE INSURANCE,

Null AMI W hNN'i IN LII iNpA iNhNNis
To tie Edttor Of The Tribune.
SIR: The publisher Of my little book, Traps
Baited With Orphan, has shown me THE TRIBUNE's
notice of 1t, and though have not that notice be-
fore me, am prompted by my recollection of it to
ask a certain favor of you.
THE TRIBUNE, as | remember, treats the book sim
ply personal matter and treats the person of the
author very tenderly-a tenderness quite wasted
upon hnl-not vegturing to question his dsinterest-
edness as it well might that of anybody else who
should propose just such family bank" This
was little to the purpose for the author has never
protested TO be dsinterested, and the public does
not care a straw whether he is or not All 1t wants
Ia know is. whether the scheme he proposes in his
book is any better than the he critcises. If 1t
cannot look to The TRIBUNE for an opinion, with
reasons, this point, where can it lookf The ali-
thors motives are not in question, but his logic. If
the latter is sound life insurance, as hitherto CON
Quoted is radically and deporably defective i'll some
important respects.
Now the favor / would ask of THE TRIBUNE-and
not wholly for my own sake-and the more selfish
am in the matter the sooner il seems to me, it
should be granted-is that it should, in view of the
facts. figures and logic of Traps" and of all that
can be said in favor of the old system give its opin-
ion to which is nearest the right and sensible
thing. If my book Is wrong at all, IT is very wrong
and injurious and | have personally good claim
also to have il seriously and thoroughly blown up,
especially by The TRIBUNE. EIKUR WRIGHT.
Boston, Sept. II, 1877.
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ALBANY. ~ Y, Sept 21.-ln the Court Of APP
pesls Friday. September II. loIt;
30 23-hittenango Cotton Company agt stewart arGu
meat resumed and concluded
No Kellogg Bridge Company argued by
: appellant. A. T. Nichols for respondent
30 I35-fong Island city aGt Long Island Railroad Com
pany passed. , ,-,. ~, ,
company argued by d. L. Baker for appellant, and A.
Parser for respondent.
no agt. Dfohan argued by Geo w. Palmer
for appellant and DOug glass Campbell for respondent
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.


MINIATURE AiNANAC.
sun rises.... 548 san set-.... 657 Clock slow. 80
Moon sets 5:44 Moon scuths OIL Moons age, days, 10
HIGu WAfER IO.pAT-A NJ
sandy Hook. 7:lO Gov. Island SOG Hell Gate. $50
I1.n WATER TO-DAi-P Vi. -
Hook. 1928 Gov Tslaud.... s;l3 Hell Gate. 1907
HIGH WATER sUNDAY-A.M
sandy Hook 1t6 Gov Island. 500 Hell Gate 1879
HIGH WATER SUNDAY. u.
sandy Hook. SO4 Island. S41 Hell Gate. lO3G
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nFcIsIONs-sEPT. Il.

Common Pleas- Special 7era-By Judge ); J. DAILY
rsVoe ag Koehlcrncr requiring efcree 10 make ana he
report ole granted. welsh az G9 Motion gFml%i -
III Iife Iusrnnce dismissed without costs
Wbte agf Whns-OIder granted In lit matter ~ MeaE'
dtr-AppT0Vcd
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ent kinds selling for only about SIS per black wal
for ABOUT $50 per M etc. coal - 20 ton; wheat.
so cents per buse 20 20 30 cents and other pro
visions equally cheap Besides these advantages for
manufacturing have Of the BEST II not the bes',
climates the Continent.
Now 10 a cooperative colony Of 100 mechanics will
give 10 each family one lot adjoining this city
will give square for factory. and lots for churches
and schools provided that each family Will put nj least
$500 worth OF improvements on their lot.
The lots 50k1 ~ feet and the streets from 80 To 80
feet wide Very respectfully, W. NJ lIsHBACKs
Fort SiHth, Art, Sept. 10, 1877.
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No Ts-Rose agt Hurd; argued by J. Mcclure for appel
liant. aud T.. CountIymn for respondent; case suo on
COURT OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
ALBANY, " y, Sept 2lThe following the Court OF Ap
peas Day Calendar Tor Monday sept a. 1877: NOS 40 io
$780, Ill, g, 81, l3l, 1855.
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miscellaneous.

JAMES Y. WATKINS & SON,
MANUFACfU RERs or rIS And SHEET IRON WARE
FO8 HOTELS AND RfssrAURANTS.
lb (AlltA tlNfrSi,
BAKERS AND CDNFrNTioNEit>' VfEN~lta>.
DATENTS. CAVEATS. TRADE MARKS,
Il Dcsigns Copyrights PROMPTLY secured, iuOi'Iato
terms 81 Musk & 60, Seioatinc Ansilcan raian.
Agency - PaikloW. corner Eecknau~t, S,wN0rg.
Thirty YEAR, experience.
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ain, Conn, sept. II, 1877.
he Editsr ot rAe 1r.bnae.

To tie Edit,r OF The TrtbuHe.
SIE: An article appeared in THE TRIBUNE
recently, which lls bccn justly criticised uncaied for
a correction o. i inaccuracies is desired TIC enter
ainHot referred % strictly private and social IN is
character IS no intention ol publicity suggested
desired il iay Doe well 90 say rhc Lest Rose ~ sum
occurs ID Gle Soprano role q Martha" ard %
circumstances would tr c0Etfstp be allowed 90 appro
pirate 10. Ta,l;oit, asia Zen 10 pablo iutlDjuctiyl
special favor hy hOStcsss Exceedingly mia
PROOFS and uac.cd i0r Please give LIS correction
VI inc article place a. 'IIa TIlbgNE and "o.lgc
MANY IsiNErsIED FRIENDS.
Boston, Sept. Is 1877.
We 90 not see that we have sad anything that
requires correction nevertheless, print the above
note with pleasure.-Ldl
4 CHANCE lO2 MECHANICS IL ARKANSAS.
10 the EditDy a. gAr TribHNc
sSIa: notice two editorials Ia The TRIBUNE
advising tao da Of your city coonizc either
In th9 Wet tLc jutc. Permit through FlE TEIB
UXR. 10 mako coony ol,i. We have town here OF
shout 900 people eleven churches, and good public free
schools We arc at Tie head OF navigation, practically.
Of tie Arkansas RIVER and tie terminus OF the Ldts
Rock and Fort SMITH Railroad. Ne 300
400 mites ans manufacturing centre, and import
al W. nee Of manufactured articles within radius
OF scyenty Ave miles import 1000 plONs ana
1000 wagons, per aunun, and yet we are ia tho
Idst OF he1yy tn,3erod oouutgy, OAKS OF the differ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-22
OCEAN Cleaners.

EOR LIVERPOOL via QUEENSTOWN
a The Liverpool and Great Western steam Company''
United states Mail Steamer, leave Per 81 n. H..
IDAHO. nc ISDAI. sept %, at a.
WNCMING.-............. ~ l.SDAI. OCs. p 1850 D.
WlSNDNSi \ ......... 4 L E-DAh. OCT. .. a = a. m.
CABIN Passage so. 500, so, according state
Stecrage, SO lute:inedaio, $40.
WILLIAMS & GEION, 20 Broadway.
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DeutIsErn


~ 2Gl Utaayo cor l1th.si Beautiful run ioo,h 81
sl2 single. a. uyWad. Po,lc fToa the couutry ca
have tcr,h aitrIEo0a.
minsier,d ~ yea.s N,s-u % ~cSE.sak.
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treat WESTERN STEAMSHIP LINE.

X NETWORK TO BRISTOL (Eng)-DfRECE
Taxing goods and passengers for London. tau Newport
gloucester. AMI all ports IN Bristol Channel.
sailing from Pier Is. Ess. River. -
CORNWA liz - lanis. II LSDAN sept -
-
CABIN Pafsagc so currcncyi Return tickets % favorable
lnenne date Go, Currency; Seeage So currency
Prepaid slcrfage Certificates s2G Dtats for and upward
For freight on passage, apply TO
W. u. HOltGAN, Apcni. No 40 South-st.. Newfofk
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GENERAL TRANSATLANTIC COMPANY
~ BETWEEN NETWORK AND HANRE via PLY
MOUTH.
CANADA F.augsul ....... Wednesday. sept -. D.
ST LAUIsEN. Iaches1cZ We,iuesaY, Oct 3, y. M
AMEEIQUE. TOuXClz "Wednesday, oct To.
LOT IL DE- RtKIAN. Agent. No. 53 lir1LfNaY.
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HAMBURG American Packet COmRapE.,s. Iine
MAIL STEAMERS.

y HUN Al. III y Ell IfIH Nor 4 llN u, Mn.
~ FOX QUEENSTOWN AND LiNEkrOOi-
SPAIN sat Scp'.22 p. no TGfPTS atuuilyOt p, pm.
ITALY sat stpt.27I} ENGLAN .SatOcf. ~. a. m.
TO LONDDN.
HOLLAN sept. 20. a. nI DENMARK oct T. = p. M
passage, Drafts & upward IL
sues avery low rates Company Offices 90 Broadway.
\. ". J. ilItSf Manager.
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NETWORK AND HAVANA DIRECT NAIL

~ STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NLN-N oRk.
SOUTHAMPTON. AID BREMEN, ,,.,...
COMPANNS PIER foot % SLCOND-sI. BOEOhEN.
HERMANN sat sept - Sill. saturday, Oct;
NFCKA SATURDAY. Of. % MOS SATURDAY. oct -
RATES or PASSAGE from NEW.l0Rk 70 SOUTHLAND
TOS, UAVRE OR BREMEN - -
FIRST CABIN, 800. gold. SECOND CABIN, goo, gold.
STELRAGE, $50. currency 49,,
RefE Tickets at reduced rates Prepaid seeragc Net1
Gates, $50 currency.
For freight OF pa sage apply 70
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-01-04
The Dying Lion.

A French officer who has served many
years in Algeria writes an interesting ac-
count of dying lion. Fangless, cover
ed with magne, and blind, is the king of
beasts on approaching the close of his
reign. When not lying mournfully pros
trate and alone in some sheltered nook
or behind some friendly mound over
grown with shrubbery, he feebly skulks
within small circuit of his lair in quest
of a morsel of prey, which in his de-
crepitude he rarely succeeds in obtain
ing. at this stage of his career, if his
scent does not utterly fail him, his sole
resource fornutritionis an occasional nest
of field mice. Inferior animals smell
at him fearlessly, and paw him with in
science, for the forest monarch, dethroned
by disease, is incapable of resistance.
Often the rustic Arab comes upon his
majesty i'll his utter helplessness and
ends his troubles with blow of club.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-01-04
Analysing Life.
own doom

DIR. Beard states that from an analysis
of the lives of thousand representative
men in all the great branches of the
human family, he made the discovery
that the golden decade was between
forty and fifty; the brazen between twen-
ty and thirty; the iron between fifty and
sixty. The superiority of youth and
middle life over old age in original work
appears all the greater when We consider
the fact that all the positions OF honor
and prestige-professorships and public
stations-are in the hands Of the old.
Reputation, like money and position, is
mainly confined to the old. Men are not
widely known until long after they have
done the work that gives them their
fame. Portraits of great men are delu-
sions; statues are lies They are taken
when men have become famous, which,
On the average, is at least twenty-five
years after they did the work which gave
them their fame. Original work requires
enthusiasm. If all the original work
done by men under forty-five were annl-
hilated, they would be reduced to bar
barism. Men are at their best at that
time when enthusiasm and experience
are almost evenly balanced. This pc
riod, on the average, is from thirty-eight
to forty. After this the law is that ex-
perience increases; but enthusiasm de-
creases.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-01-04
A Brave Footman.

An English clergyman at st. Leonards-
on-Sea has brave footman. Early In
December burglars tore out bar from
the boot-room window and entered the
parsonage. The footman slept near the
pantry, and was disturbed by hearing
something fall. He opened his door, and,
seeing light in the pantry, went out,
taking sword stick. He shouted out:
"Who is there?" and Immediately q
man with blackened face put his head
out of the pantry door and whistled.
The foot1nan sprung forward and struck
the man twice on the head. The burgla.1
ran toward the outer doors, carrying
part of the plate in an apron, but, being
struck by the footman, he fell between
the doors and dropped his plunder. The
next moment the footman himself was
struck violently on the head and arm by
another man from behind. The men
then ran out Of the back door, which
the footman bolted, and went for his
1aRster. = In the pantry was found the
rest of the plate collected and ready to
be carried or The only thug token
vss ths fod sssch end shsin, ~
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-01-04
1000, 900 Worth Of Eggs.

The steamer City of Peking, which az
rived at San Francisco, brought an IN
voice of japanese silkworm eggs, con-
sisting of 1872 cases, the value of which
approximated $2,OOO,0O0. These eggs,
in which a large trade has been carried
on between China and Japan and Europe,
have heretofore passed through in very
meager quantities, and then only as ex-
periments. Dampness is destructive to
the eggs, and for that reason their storage
in the vessel was made special care.
The cargo in question was packed on the
steerage deck aft amidships, the warlnest
and dryest place on the ship. A bamboo
fence surrounded the cases to keep them
in position, and superfuous heat was pre-
vented by current passed through u
passage two feet wide among the cases.
The precious cargo was shipped on the
Central Pacific ears for New York, and
will be shipped from that port to Europe
by steamer for England, France and
Italy.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-01-04
The Rise i'm Silver.

DIR. Linderman, in the course OF an in
terview, fully reported in the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, attributed the rise Of
silver to the heavy purchases of coin
which the United States government
has been makieg in London and on the
Pacific slope, and the enormous demand
for silver in China. The future of the
silver market would depend, he said,
mainly upon the Legislation of the United
State and Germany. "There is now, p"
he continued, "about 81, ,000,00 worth
of bullion at the mint waiting to be con-
verted into trade dollars. The govern
ment will need hereafter about 81, 500, 900
in silver monthly, and it is probable that
no more purchases will be made abroad.
From so, 600, 900 to SIS, 600, 900 is likely
to suffice for the silver demands of China.
IF the market continues as good in China
as for the last four months there is no
doubt that much Mexican bullion will
come to San Francisco and be shipped
hence to Chinese ports. India is likely
to consume $35, ,000,0O yearly, or about
half the annual silver product of the
world. I do not think the double stand
ard would be a good thing for this
country. I think we should keep the
gold basis, with subsidiary silver for COM
mon use, fixing the amount for legal
tender at SO. We have now. rs esti-
mate, in this county $50, 1000 in gold
and less than $4O,OOO,OO in silver, ex-
elusive of plate. Of this amount, there
is from $25, 900, 900 to $50, 900, 600 in sub
sidiary coin, and from $4,000, 600 to S.
600, 600 Mt the mints.'
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"Isn't it a stunning dodge?'' said the

Isn't it stunning dodge?" said the
shadow, in most unghostly slang. "You
see, Jack, this asphalt's frst-rate to
practice on; but fellow has no chance
in the daytime for those confoHnded car
riages; SO I rugged out this dark lantern
and fastened it to my bicycle, and 1 can
spin along in peace now"
"Take care you don't spin away the
wits of all the old maids on the prone
nade," returned the other. You look
most horribly like some goblin from the
lower regions, with your dark lantern
flashing in front, those noiseless wheels
and your long legs and arms spread out
like great wings behind" D."
The other laughed.
"The old maids are all fast asleep
long ago, bless their old eyes !" he re-
turned, irreyerently. "But I say, Jack,
the match for the four oars will have to
be put off tomorrow; we are going to
have an awful storm. Listen! How
the wind sighs and means among the
girders of the pier 1t sounds for all
the world like some one calling out i'll
distress. and it's a sure sign of rough
weather. What rage Gregory will be
in if -
The TIVE old maids had heard quite
enough. Nellie and I looked at each
other rather sheepishly, it must be con-
fessed, and then burst into hearty
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-01-04
Necessity of Goodness in Danger.

Panic is, of course, one of the things
against which it is most easy to preach
but which it is most difficult to preach
down. Still, if it could be got into the
heads of all people in their cooler hours
that, in case of an alarm of fire i'll a
theater, the principal danger to the all
dience comes from themselves and is in
their own control, it is probable that,
even under the influence of sudden ex-
element and fear, many who now would
show bad example might then show a
good one. Not very long ago a sudden
alarm took place in one OF the best OF the
Paris theaers. It was not ON alarm Of
fire, it was only a Gathering and crash
ing among the branches, chains and
lamps of the huge glass chandelier which
hung from the roof. Those who were
under the chandelier thought it was COM
ing down on them, and made wildly for
the doors. The theater was well enough
constructed, and had many outlets, but
in an instant some of the passages were
completely jammed and choked by ex-
cited people. Luckily a single In
slant was enough to allow one of the
performers on the stage to see and ex-
pia:n lie whole cause of the alarm, and
to convince the fugitives that there
was no danger. The whole stampede
was set going by the sudden pattering OF
hailstones through an open window
among the metal and glass of the chan
delier. In that instance the alarm was
but momentary, and in many parts OF
the house was unobserved. Yet it was
evident to all cool observers that had it
lasted only a few seconds longer and
been allowed to spread, the passages
and doors would have been hopelessly
choked by a panic stricken crowd, and
, some loss of life most infallibly have
occurred.
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The Partisan POste.Restante.

Another very curious division OF the
Partisan post-office is that OF the poste-
restante. The passion for intrigue that
forms so prominent feature in Partisan
social life finds there an ample field for
its manifestations. Thither come wives
that write to other men than their hus-
bands, husbands that correspond with
other ladies than their wives, schoolboys
that hazarded declaration of their feel
ings to Theo or to Croizette, etc. One
strict law of this department is, that no
letter shall be placed in the hands OF any
one save the person to whom it IS ad-
dressed. Thus, if q jealous spouse comes
to find out if there are any letters for
his or her suspected wife or husband, the
only response obtained will be-: "That
is none of your business" A story is
told how, on one occasion, gentleman
violently excited entered the office,
dragging rather than leading with him a
young and very pretty woman, who was
pale as death and trembling from head
to foot. Indicating his terrified COM
panion by sign, he said to clerk in
attendance: "My wife, Madam ",
wishes to know if there are any letters
for her?" The impassive official took
down the packet of letters marked ",
ran them over and answered: " There
are none, SIR" evidently much to the
relief of the lady. An hour later she
returned alone, through still pale and
agitated. The moment she made her
appearance the clerk took from the packet
a letter bearing her name and presented
it to her. She commenced an eager
speech of thanks, which was cut short
by the simple announcement: "The
person to whom letter is addressed has
alone the right to receive it"
The poste-restante often serves as a
trap to catch the smaller class of male
factors, such as runaway wives or de
faulting bank clerks. Such gentry usu-
ally come to Paris as secure hiding
place. Their names are communicated
to the police, and through them are
placed upon a list, called the yellow
list, of the post-office. If one of these
persons ventures to the post-restante to
claim letter, the name giyenis repeated
by the clerk in loud tone-a very sim
pie and natural proceeding, and one that
awakens no suspicious. But its object is
to give warning to detective concealed
in back room, by whom the culprit is
Immediately followed. and soon after he
is in the hands of .tlltslaw. - =
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The Oil Yield.

At this time, says an exchange, the en-
tire yield of crudepetroleum suitable for
the making of illuminating oil is about
1000 to $4,000 barrels per diem, Of
which two-thirds go to the foreign
market. That is at least 10, 900 per diem
less than the yield of eighteen months or
two years ago, and producers expect Il
still further decline DUNG the winter to
%, 900 or %, 600 barrels per diem. The
production of to-day is actually not
equal to the consumption, and the deficit
is felt more and more as the excessive
old stocks are being worked off, 30 that
there seems no reason to doubt the
legitimacy of the advance in price OF re-
fined oils from the 10.@11c. Of near two
years ago tothe 26s@27ac. of thepresent.
There are no more of the great flowing
wells pouring out hundreds of barrels
daily. The borings have been pushed
down nisnccessfully through the first, Sec
ond. third and fourth sandstones until
they have gone to enormous depths tor
peaoes have from tine to time broken mp
the hidden reservoirs in the bowels OF
the earth and temporarily improved the
Weld; new wells have been sunk with
varying, but generally very moderate
success, powerful pumps have been m-
vented and applied, still diminution Of
the supply. At the rate OF decrease in
production which has been maintained of
late years-with the exception of the
temporary improvement effected year
and half or two years ago, when the
oil wells were generally stimulated to un-
wonted activity by the exploding OF
dynamite torpedoes in the,n-it will take
the world only short time to work
point when oil will be scarce. 1t is
hardly to be expected that the wells will
all absolutely dry up and yield nothing
in that time-although they may do so.
Vigorous pumping, lucky finds of new
wells, and iudicious doctoring of old
ones, will doubtless afford some oil for
almost all time, but it will be scarce, and
consequently dear. Up to thirty cents
per gallon, kerosene is the cheapest
Iluminator of equal effectiveness that
the world knows. Up to sixty cents it
will still be cheaper than candles at
eighteen cents per pound. But beyond
that figure it must bear fancy price.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-01-04
The Russian Army.

The active military forces OF Russia
are divided between the European army
and the afpy of the Caucasus. The for
mer has forty one divisions of infantry,
supplemented Ny an equal number OF
artillery brigades and six brigades of
.sharpshooters. EaAh division contains
about twelve battalion These fignres
represent total for the hxropean army
of $4,000 soldiers, with 1Q cannon,
and 328 mitrailleuses. The troop
toned in the Caucasus comPrse q
divisions of infantry, as many brigal
of artillery, and one brigade OF ridemp
aggregating $4,000 men, about hsed
hundred cannon, and some fifty mit7lr
leusss. The available strength ofKnnas
in the impending conflict may be set
down at more than seven hundred thou
sand combatants, about twenty-four han
dred cannon, and some four hundred NJ
trailleuses. The entire war footing ef
Turkey does not exceed three hundred
thousand men.