New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-01

type, and has made many hits BY his shrewd and
often successful guesses at future evonts. Inc
Gyapkio remains under the same general MANAGE
ment az before and its business IL understood to De
well established on profitable basis. Mrs. Croy
will continue to contribute to Its columns.
singular case, certainly Stimulating bydrophoba,
has occurred at Long Branch, and may be OF assist
ance in the investigation Of that disease now gong
on in medical circles. In July. 1875 James
Cook, aged eighteen, was bitten by o large
Newfoundland dog. in the upper hps On tho lotn
of October last he had @ fall from tree, ana
afterward seemed delirious. Painting spells fol-
lowed few days after, and subsequently his
body began to swell, until it reached twice
it's natural size; his eyes became yellow; and he
grew SO violent that it required four strong men
TO hold him. These he made repeated attempts to
bite. He showed no particular aversion to water,
but would drink none. His struggles grew more
and more frantic; getting on his hands and knees,
he would bite the chairs and carpet; he snapped
and barked like dog, and jumped on
all fours about the room. He also tried to
bite those who came near him. These
attacks generally occurred twice day, lasting
from one and half to two hours, and were
followed by fainting. He begged that the dog
might be killed, and when assured that his WISH
had been complied with. he expressed great gratli-
cation. He told a clergyman who called
on him that he had seen angels. and also
the spirit Of his father, who assured him
that after so many more fits he would recover. lie
is now about the house and is cheerful aud growing
stronger ii is the opinion of his physician that this
is not case of true hydrophobia, the aversion to
water being absent. There is some fear that his
hut bo
be an interesting case to the faculty. and
especially to those who intend to compete for the
prize of E1O0 which is to be awarded by the Royal
College of Physicians in England for the best essay
Oh hydrophobia.
It is worth remembering that the entire genera
ton of business men in this country under forty
years of age have never had any experimental
knowledg Of currency redeemabe in coin on de-
mand and much Of the prevalent confusion OF
thought on financial subjects arises from the
fact that everybody has become famIlIerlzed with
these sham dollars by accepting them in a business
way as genuine dollars. OF course a currency based
on a debt and promise isn't money anything
ike money and was only intended as temporary
make-shiit for money. But we are all creatures of
habit, and even intelligent men come to
believe after time that what they constantly call
a dollar and pass for O dollar, is dollar. SO long
ms this falacy is lurking around in the popular mind
SO long good people will fall prey to the smooth logic
Of fiuanciers who Inyenting daily some new way
TO pay old debts--and pay them easily What every
voter ought to know, and to know so well that he
doesn't need to stop and prove it to himself
whenever an apostle Of soft money attacks his faith
is that greenback dollar is not adollar and doesn't
claim to be a dollar its face or anywhere else,
No pledge can be its own fnlfilment. promise to
pay dollar IS not dollar, any more than promise
TO get married is family of children.
We condole with Mr.. Caleb Cushing. His name
appears upon the Butler ticket candidate for At
tOrney- General of Massachusetts,. He naturally
does not like this. Perhaps his love OF place and oil
work still survives. but also does the marked
political prudence which through long
career he has always exhibited. He may have
no objections to being Attorney-General of Massa
chusetts but he naturally thinks his chances of
securing the position IN that way slightly slim. so
he declined the nomination, but, poor gen
tleman! he couldn't get rid OF II. All he
could get was a pathetic remonstrance uom the
Butler managers begging him not TO desert them.
He said he would. He stuck to Ii. He demanded
that his name should be erased. Bat he took
nothing by his remOnstrances, and be Will have to
submit TO beating which his proud nature will be
likely To regard "a ignomnious 1t is hard case
but we see no help for it, Mr. Cushing. in the course
of his long, varied and useful public life, has been
in many far from agreeable positions. but never In
such a disagreeabe one as this. Iylerism was
nothing 10 il.
On Friday morning October 4, the report Of the
referee in the case of Bcais against Beasan acton
for diyorce-was submitted and placed on file in q
San Francisco Court On the same afternoon Judge
Wheeler learning Of Mrs Bealss serious illness, en-
tered an order granting decree OF divorce TO II.
Charming Bcals. and permitting the divorced wife
70 reassume her maiden name of Mary Eliza Ward.
On the same afternoon tho late Mrs. Beals was
united IN the bonds of wedlock with Mr.. Baldwin
Gardner. by the same clergyman who had performed
the ceremony at the Ward-Bcals nuptials. The sec
ou marriage was for the purpose or egltiniatizng.
uuder California law, the two children OF Mr. Gardi-
ncr and Mrs. Beals. An hour and half after the
bedside marriage Mrs. Gardiner died. The divorce.
marriage aud death are all in the same Ssa Fran
cisco paper as separate items.
The Democrats of New-Jersey have contrved
novel schene for covering up the msdongs Of their
last Legislature. According to law tho minutes Of
the House OF Assembly should be published and de-
liyered to the Treasurer in June but as the cam
paisn opened and peopls became anxious TO
scrutInize the record of their servants, there
WAS no record to be found. After the cleo
tion there will be little demand for the book,
and from Democratic point Of view it is an excel
lent campaign document to keep out of sight as
much "A possible before the voting The last As
s.mblv was probably the first in the history OF
New-Jersey which made no pretence of having any
respect for the opinion Of mankind. And the people
IL, ma, foroet this even though they have notes